F16F 9/46

Allowing control from a distance , i.e. location of means for control

Official title: allowing control from a distance {, i.e. location of means for control input being remote from site of valves, e.g. on damper external wall (attachment of valve units to cylinders F16F9/325)}

F16F9/46 (Allowing control from a distance , i.e. location of means for control) appears on 1,292 US grants and 1,060 published applications in this corpus.

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1976	1	0
1977	3	0
1978	0	0
1979	1	0
1980	2	0
1981	0	0
1982	3	0
1983	0	0
1984	3	0
1985	7	0
1986	15	0
1987	32	0
1988	27	0
1989	19	0
1990	22	0
1991	31	0
1992	42	0
1993	33	0
1994	34	0
1995	37	0
1996	28	0
1997	15	0
1998	19	0
1999	34	0
2000	31	0
2001	28	8
2002	25	19
2003	19	23
2004	16	20
2005	15	28
2006	15	24
2007	10	17
2008	13	34
2009	9	38
2010	14	35
2011	23	26
2012	26	36
2013	29	31
2014	28	50
2015	48	41
2016	45	65
2017	46	53
2018	47	60
2019	52	69
2020	55	54
2021	44	74
2022	46	62
2023	62	62
2024	56	61
2025	55	39
2026	27	31

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