F16F 9/103
Devices with one or more members moving linearly to and fro in
Official title: {Devices with one or more members moving linearly to and fro in chambers, any throttling effect being immaterial, i.e. damping by viscous shear effect only (F16F9/53 takes precedence)}
F16F9/103 (Devices with one or more members moving linearly to and fro in) appears on 85 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 85
- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
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- 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.
- Damper device and electronic apparatus12 May 2026US 12,627,198 B2Lanto Electronic Limited
- Magnetorheological fluid automobile bumper30 Sep 2025US 12,427,941 B2Zhejiang Normal University
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker29 Jul 2025US 12,375,027 B2FTC Solar, Inc.
- Shock absorber25 Feb 2025US 12,234,881 B2Hl Mando Corporation
- Damper device and electronic apparatus12 Sep 2024US 2024/0305162 A1Lanto Electronic Limited
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker29 Feb 2024US 2024/0072722 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
- Magnetorheological fluid automobile bumper14 Sep 2023US 2023/0286453 A1Zhejiang Normal University
- Shock absorber27 Jul 2023US 2023/0235806 A1Mando Corporation
- Systems for damping a solar photovoltaic array tracker13 Jul 2023US 2023/0223893 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical disk player46US 4,731,777 ASony Corporation · 1988
- Vibration damping device43US 5,366,048 ABridgestone Corporation · 1994
- Shock absorber device for a portable electronic apparatus43US 5,379,990 ASony Corporation · 1995
- Multi-disc damper using viscous fluid40US 4,938,322 ASugatsune Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Optical disk player36US 4,794,588 ASony Corporation · 1988