F16F 9/0245
Means for adjusting the length of, or for locking, the spring or
Official title: {Means for adjusting the length of, or for locking, the spring or dampers}
F16F9/0245 (Means for adjusting the length of, or for locking, the spring or) appears on 213 US grants and 139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 213
- Published applications
- 139
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 352
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Balance mechanism and mounting bracket14 Oct 2025US 12,442,485 B2Ningbo Tuotuo River Design Company
- Landing gear storage and quick servicing solution12 Aug 2025US 12,384,531 B2Safran Landing Systems UK LTD
- Gas spring system having at least one gas spring13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235181 A1Stabilus GmbH
- Extractable double-tube gas spring21 May 2026US 2026/0139722 A1Yili Industrial U.S. Co., Ltd.
- Axis align lock release mechanism for basketball system16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102670 A1Lifetime Products, Inc.
- Height-Adjustable Seatpost with Suspension Function16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103255 A1
- Air chamber, air spring, air suspension system, and vehicle21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264144 A1Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Temperature responsive valve assembly for a pneumatic spring85US 6,959,921 B2ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC · 2005
- Lengthwise displaceable, pressure medium charged, hydraulically blockable adjustment assembly70US 3,963,101 ASuspa Federungstechnik Fritz Bauer & Sohne OHG · 1976
- Door closing piston-cylinder assembly56US 5,157,806 A1992
- Length-adjustable gas spring50US 4,093,196 ASuspa Federungstechnik Fritz Bauer & Sohne OHG · 1978
- Lengthwise-adjustable gas spring49US 3,966,182 ASuspa Federungstechnik Fritz Bauer & Sohne OHG · 1976