F16K 1/226
Shaping or arrangements of the sealing
F16K1/226 (Shaping or arrangements of the sealing) appears on 693 US grants and 489 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 693
- Published applications
- 489
- Assignees
- 346
- Inventors
- 1,138
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 24 | 0 |
| 1981 | 34 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 11 | 15 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10 |
| 2009 | 10 | 14 |
| 2010 | 3 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 18 |
| 2012 | 10 | 18 |
| 2013 | 10 | 31 |
| 2014 | 19 | 22 |
| 2015 | 22 | 28 |
| 2016 | 21 | 28 |
| 2017 | 21 | 33 |
| 2018 | 20 | 35 |
| 2019 | 39 | 30 |
| 2020 | 24 | 30 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022 | 23 | 24 |
| 2023 | 23 | 18 |
| 2024 | 17 | 25 |
| 2025 | 18 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Valve seat and a valve sealing arrangement of a valve assembly25 Aug 2026US 12,716,506 B2Fisher Controls International LLC
- Butterfly valve seal11 Aug 2026US 12,704,182 B2Fisher Controls International LLC
- Bonded seat valve4 Aug 2026US 12,698,835 B2Mueller International, LLC
- Sealing member, sealing mechanism, valve, and sealing method23 Jun 2026US 12,663,084 B2Kitz Corporation
- Sealing arrangement9 Jun 2026US 12,650,173 B1Vitesco Technologies GmbH
- Valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309234 A1Horen Cortp Co., Ltd.
- Sealing arrangement11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160339 A1Vitesco Technologies GmbH
- Detachable and lubricable packing gland for electric large-caliber butterfly valve21 May 2026US 2026/0139614 A1Huaneng Qinbei Power Generation Co., Ltd.
- Butterfly valve assemblies21 May 2026US 2026/0139743 A1Woodward, Inc.
- Top-Loaded Rotary Valve With Elliptical Sealing21 May 2026US 2026/0139746 A1Neptune Technology Group Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flanged sealing ring54US 4,345,739 ABarton Valve Company, Inc. · 1982
- Heat and vibration resistant seal53US 4,441,726 AShan-Rod, Inc. · 1984
- Valve sealing device and a valve47US 4,269,391 AKitamura Valve Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1981
- Self-contained anti-blowout seal for fluids or gases45US 6,641,141 B2Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. · 2003
- Extended temperature range valve seal43US 4,113,268 APosi-Seal International, Inc. · 1978