F16G 15/06
Shackles designed for attachment by joint pins to chain elements
Official title: Shackles designed for attachment by joint pins to chain elements, e.g. D-shackles {so called harp links; the D-chain links are classified according to the corresponding kind of chain}
F16G15/06 (Shackles designed for attachment by joint pins to chain elements) appears on 133 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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