F16J 15/445
With means for adjusting the clearance
Official title: {with means for adjusting the clearance}
F16J15/445 (With means for adjusting the clearance) appears on 216 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16J- Granted patents
- 216
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 480
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
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| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seal device, rotating machine, and method for mounting seal device16 Jun 2026US 12,655,909 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Seal assembly for a rotary machine12 May 2026US 12,624,644 B2General Electric Company
- Three-dimensional screen printing method, component producible by means of said method, and screen printing mask21 Apr 2026US 12,605,762 B2Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
- Element and method for compensation of tolerances and/or gap widths of a device and engine, assembly method for a shaft/hub connection13 Jan 2026US 12,523,160 B2Universität der Bundeswehr München
- Serviceable propeller shaft zero air gap seal6 Jan 2026US 12,516,609 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Shaft Seal Assembly3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258869 A1Inpro/Seal LLC
- Pressure activated non-contact seals and seal assemblies28 May 2026US 2026/0146672 A1
- Propeller shaft hybrid lip and labyrinth seal29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029023 A1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Shaft sealing device and rotary machine1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002450 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Serviceable propeller shaft zero air gap seal18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382892 A1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of making an abradable seal by laser cutting74US 5,951,892 AChromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation · 1999
- Spring-backed abradable seal for turbomachinery62US 6,547,522 B2General Electric Company · 2003
- Actuating mechanism for a turbine and method of retrofitting55US 6,840,519 B2General Electric Company · 2005
- Seal carrier for a rotary machine and method of retrofitting51US 6,655,696 B1General Electric Company · 2003
- Abradable seal having particulate erosion resistance48US 5,024,884 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1991