F16K 15/04
Shaped as balls
Official title: shaped as balls
F16K15/04 (Shaped as balls) appears on 813 US grants and 723 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 813
- Published applications
- 723
- Assignees
- 548
- Inventors
- 1,673
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 4 |
| 2002 | 7 | 15 |
| 2003 | 20 | 22 |
| 2004 | 10 | 14 |
| 2005 | 11 | 29 |
| 2006 | 18 | 23 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10 |
| 2008 | 12 | 24 |
| 2009 | 3 | 25 |
| 2010 | 12 | 21 |
| 2011 | 12 | 18 |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 |
| 2013 | 16 | 21 |
| 2014 | 15 | 35 |
| 2015 | 16 | 29 |
| 2016 | 22 | 25 |
| 2017 | 34 | 76 |
| 2018 | 41 | 48 |
| 2019 | 56 | 42 |
| 2020 | 43 | 48 |
| 2021 | 43 | 33 |
| 2022 | 30 | 36 |
| 2023 | 30 | 39 |
| 2024 | 30 | 21 |
| 2025 | 29 | 32 |
| 2026 | 12 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Additively manufactured hydraulic valve components8 Sep 2026US 12,729,772 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Combination aeration, deaeration, and water outlet valve and climate chamber with such combination aeration, deaeration, and water outlet valve4 Aug 2026US 12,698,840 B2Binder GmbH
- Electronic vaporiser system28 Jul 2026US 12,690,610 B2Ayr Ltd.
- Pressure relief valve with dual-function spring26 May 2026US 12,638,092 B2Phinia Jersey Holdings LLC
- Valves for controlling flow of pressurized fluid to a tool5 May 2026US 12,618,485 B2Enerpac Tool Group Corp.
- Atomizer tip having a one-way valve1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295616 A1Advanced Medical Engineering, LLC
- Sensor for detecting a fluid stream in a fluid line20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243589 A1Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
- Valves for reciprocating downhole pumps and related systems and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235014 A1ChampionX LLC
- Check valve with ball stabilizer30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218803 A1Dixon Valve and Coupling Company
- Cartridge device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201963 A1Gate Cfv Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Valued device for controlling vacuum in surgery1,387US 4,184,510 AFibra-Sonics, Inc. · 1980
- Valve apparatus and valve system using thereof127US 6,391,019 B1Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2002
- Pressure-variable valve device and set-pressure adjusting device for the valve device123US 6,702,249 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2004
- Variable pressure valve apparatus116US 6,684,904 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2004
- Flow control valve103US 4,022,113 A1977