F16J 15/3472
Means for centering or aligning the contacting faces
Official title: {Means for centering or aligning the contacting faces}
F16J15/3472 (Means for centering or aligning the contacting faces) appears on 104 US grants and 84 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 84
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 209
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Conical sealing assembly for a rotary equipment and rotary equipment comprising the sealing assembly21 May 2026US 2026/0139741 A1Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl
- Swivel seal assembly and alignment method12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071682 A1Deublin Company
- Seal ring retention and centering system for a gyratory crusher15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016090 A1Metso USA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Seal assembly for an intershaft seal in a gas turbine engine53US 6,196,790 B1United Technologies Corporation · 2001
- Seal ring design33US 5,490,679 AJohn Crane Inc. · 1996
- Mechanical seals30US 5,344,164 AAES Engineering Ltd. · 1994
- Seal29US 5,058,905 A1991
- Fluid film seal27US 5,388,843 ADurametallic Corporation · 1995