F16G 15/02
Chain couplings, shackles: for fastening more or less permanently
Official title: for fastening more or less permanently
F16G15/02 (Chain couplings, shackles: for fastening more or less permanently) appears on 71 US grants and 46 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16G- Granted patents
- 71
- Published applications
- 46
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 105
- Latest grant
- 22 Jul 2025
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Block lock with short locking distance4 Mar 2025US 12,241,524 B2Thiele GmbH & Co.KG
- High fatigue life detachable connector25 Feb 2025US 12,234,887 B1The Crosby Group, Inc.
- Securing pin, chain connector and method for securing a chain connector3 Dec 2024US 12,158,194 B2Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH. U.Co.KG
- Interlocking chain27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251201 A1Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
- Connector for a ball chain and a ball chain assembly23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327508 A1Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Detachable mooring chain link, connection system and method for disconnecting two mooring chains underwater17 Jul 2025US 2025/0229869 A1Vicinay Marine Innovacion (Aie)
- Connecting chain link for purposes of connecting at least two chain links of a chain28 Nov 2024US 2024/0392861 A1pewag austria GmbH
- Chain braces and processes for using same25 May 2023US 2023/0160456 A1Sofec, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Master chain link37US 5,362,282 AR.L.L. Limited · 1994
- Chain structure20US 5,305,594 AYaban Chain Ind'l Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Chain net17US 4,673,015 A1987
- Underwater chain stopper and fairlead apparatus for anchoring offshore structures17US 7,240,633 B2Timberland Equipment Limited · 2007
- Chain connector13US 5,299,416 A1994