F16F 9/50
Special means providing automatic damping adjustment, i.e. self-adjustment of damping by particular
Official title: Special means providing automatic damping adjustment, {i.e. self-adjustment of damping by particular sliding movements of a valve element, other than flexions or displacement of valve discs}(F16F9/53 takes precedence); {Special means providing self-adjustment of spring characteristics}
F16F9/50 (Special means providing automatic damping adjustment, i.e. self-adjustment of damping by particular) appears on 1,346 US grants and 1,298 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Shock absorber8 Sep 2026US 12,729,741 B2Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Multi-stage adjusting damping valve, as well as shock absorber and suspension system using damping valve1 Sep 2026US 12,722,440 B2Hefei University of Technology
- Hydraulic devices including coated surfaces25 Aug 2026US 12,716,119 B2Maxterial, Inc.
- Frequency-sensitive shock absorber25 Aug 2026US 12,716,464 B2Hl Mando Corporation
- Shock-absorber cylinder having an adjustable length and/or shock-absorbing effect1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298306 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Tunable damping unit as a secondary load path for a movable element with actuator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285474 A1Wisk Aero LLC
- Integrated Semi Active Valve Seat Plate24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287038 A1
- Shock absorber and damping force generation mechanism17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276054 A1Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Damping force generation device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276055 A1Astemo, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Damper with pressure-sensitive compression damping255US 7,374,028 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2008
- Damping adjuster for shock absorber218US 6,360,857 B1Fox Factory, Inc. · 2002
- Inertia valve shock absorber199US 7,128,192 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2006
- Hydrapneumatic suspension unit and valving structure195US 4,153,237 A1979
- Hydraulic suspension unit186US 5,957,252 A1999