F16K 11/087
With spherical plug
Official title: with spherical plug
F16K11/087 (With spherical plug) appears on 448 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 254
- Inventors
- 827
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 27 | 24 |
| 2026 | 16 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Control valve6 Oct 2026US 12,753,846 B2Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
- Control valve and thermal management system29 Sep 2026US 12,747,798 B2Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
- Ball valve and vehicle thermal management device comprising same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,142 B2Hanon Systems
- Valve assembly and a heat pump system including the same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,892 B2Dong-Il Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Valve device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,188 B2Denso Corporation
- Fluid-dispensing motorized valve and associated manufacturing method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287079 A1Vernet
- Three-way ball valve, electric vehicle, opening degree control method, electronic device and storage medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276096 A1Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
- Flow path switching valve27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251227 A1Fujikoki Corporation
- Tempering circuit manifold and tempering system herewith27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251317 A1
- Fluid-dispensing motorised valve20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243357 A1Vernet
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flow control valve for use in fabrication of semiconductor devices104US 5,601,651 AFujitsu Limited · 1997
- Rotatable ball valve apparatus and method98US 4,681,133 AHydril Company · 1987
- Valve body assembly with electronic switching97US 7,537,023 B2Masco Corporation of Indiana · 2009
- Valve structure84US 5,787,928 ARansburg Corporation · 1998
- Rotatable ball valve apparatus and method82US 4,703,807 AHydril Company · 1987