F16F 9/0254
Mechanically lockable
Official title: {mechanically lockable, e.g. by use of friction collar (mechanical locking of extensible devices for holding wings E05C17/30)}
F16F9/0254 (Mechanically lockable) appears on 68 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 34
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 127
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker22 Sep 2026US 12,744,492 B2FTC Solar, Inc.
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker29 Jul 2025US 12,375,027 B2FTC Solar, Inc.
- Mechanically damped pull then lift hold open rod mechanism5 Nov 2024US 12,134,923 B2MarathonNorco Aerospace, Inc.
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker14 Nov 2023US 11,817,815 B2FTC Solar, Inc.
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker18 Apr 2023US 11,632,074 B2FTC Solar, Inc.
- Gas spring system having at least one gas spring13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235181 A1Stabilus GmbH
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker29 Feb 2024US 2024/0072722 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker13 Jul 2023US 2023/0223893 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker29 Sep 2022US 2022/0311376 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker14 Jul 2022US 2022/0224281 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Door closing piston-cylinder assembly56US 5,157,806 A1992
- Pneumatic spring with manually releasable stop32US 4,078,779 AStabilus GmbH · 1978
- Gas spring with latching stop mechanism for use on skid-steer loaders31US 4,811,983 AClark Equipment Company · 1989
- Hatchback locking device30US 5,024,303 A1991
- Locking device for securing objects which are moveable relatively to one another30US 5,620,066 AStabilus GmbH · 1997