F16K 11/072
With pivoted closure members
Official title: with pivoted closure members
F16K11/072 (With pivoted closure members) appears on 1,361 US grants and 1,269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 1,361
- Published applications
- 1,269
- Assignees
- 773
- Inventors
- 2,460
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 8 |
| 2002 | 22 | 21 |
| 2003 | 26 | 22 |
| 2004 | 28 | 37 |
| 2005 | 33 | 24 |
| 2006 | 24 | 33 |
| 2007 | 17 | 29 |
| 2008 | 16 | 27 |
| 2009 | 12 | 33 |
| 2010 | 23 | 43 |
| 2011 | 21 | 39 |
| 2012 | 29 | 39 |
| 2013 | 31 | 48 |
| 2014 | 41 | 64 |
| 2015 | 43 | 50 |
| 2016 | 55 | 60 |
| 2017 | 64 | 68 |
| 2018 | 44 | 56 |
| 2019 | 65 | 83 |
| 2020 | 73 | 63 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 |
| 2022 | 60 | 77 |
| 2023 | 61 | 70 |
| 2024 | 80 | 86 |
| 2025 | 71 | 61 |
| 2026 | 50 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Valve device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,797 B2Denso Corporation
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- Multi-way switching valve device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309240 A1Mikuni Corporation
- Water Control Valve1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298357 A1Hain Yo Enterprises Co., Ltd.
- 2x7 Rotary Valve24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287072 A1Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Multi-way valve assembly, thermal management system, and multi-way valve24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287073 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flow regulated pressure swing adsorption system153US 6,063,161 ASoFinoy Societte Financiere d'Innovation Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus and method of providing high frequency variable pressure to a patient138US 6,581,596 B1Respironics, Inc. · 2003
- Computer controllable multi-port valve125US 4,156,437 AThe Perkin-Elmer Corporation · 1979
- Rotary valve assembly for pressure swing adsorption system118US 6,311,719 B1SeQual Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Rotary valve assembly for pressure swing adsorption system105US 6,712,087 B2SeQual Technologies, Inc. · 2004