F16F 9/5165
By use of spherical valve elements or like free-moving bodies
Official title: {by use of spherical valve elements or like free-moving bodies}
F16F9/5165 (By use of spherical valve elements or like free-moving bodies) appears on 40 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 40
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 66
- Latest grant
- 8 Apr 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Valve stiffness adjustment8 Apr 2025US 12,270,452 B2Fox Factory, Inc.
- Active valve for an internal bypass22 Oct 2024US 12,122,205 B2Fox Factory, Inc.
- Adjustable internal bypass4 Jun 2024US 11,999,208 B2Fox Factory, Inc.
- Hydraulic damping valve30 May 2023US 11,661,992 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Valve stiffness adjustment18 Apr 2023US 11,629,771 B2Fox Factory, Inc.
- Valve stiffness adjustment17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230852 A1Fox Factory, Inc.
- Hydraulic valve spool through which a fluid can flow, bidirectional control valve, and method27 Feb 2025US 2025/0067351 A1ETO Magnetic GmbH
- Hydraulic damper having a ring13 Feb 2025US 2025/0052296 A1DRiV Automotive Inc.
- Valve stiffness adjustment27 Jul 2023US 2023/0235807 A1Fox Factory, Inc.
- Damper assembly including intake valve in fluid chamber17 Feb 2022US 2022/0049755 A1DRiV Automotive Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Position-sensitive shock absorber108US 6,966,412 B2Arctic Cat Inc. · 2005
- Adjustable internal bypass55US 9,528,565 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2016
- Adjustable internal bypass47US 10,040,328 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2018
- Valve stiffness adjustment23US 10,578,184 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2020
- Hydraulic damping device for drawer18US 8,127,901 B1KV IP Holdings Ltd. · 2012