F16K 24/042
Actuated by a float
Official title: {actuated by a float}
F16K24/042 (Actuated by a float) appears on 508 US grants and 420 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 508
- Published applications
- 420
- Assignees
- 275
- Inventors
- 781
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 |
| 2003 | 14 | 11 |
| 2004 | 16 | 28 |
| 2005 | 18 | 15 |
| 2006 | 13 | 26 |
| 2007 | 9 | 20 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 12 | 14 |
| 2010 | 9 | 17 |
| 2011 | 12 | 11 |
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| 2014 | 15 | 19 |
| 2015 | 13 | 25 |
| 2016 | 20 | 26 |
| 2017 | 14 | 31 |
| 2018 | 25 | 17 |
| 2019 | 22 | 18 |
| 2020 | 19 | 14 |
| 2021 | 20 | 9 |
| 2022 | 16 | 10 |
| 2023 | 9 | 18 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Automatic liquid drain device5 May 2026US 12,618,487 B22Cd Co., Ltd.
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- Valve assembly and a method of forming the valve assembly23 Dec 2025US 12,504,087 B2Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Level controller16 Dec 2025US 12,498,741 B2Kimray, Inc.
- Liquid level valve16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201974 A1Nanjing Hanshu Environmental Protection Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Fuel cut-off valve18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168587 A1Unick Corporation
- Flood vent and a float for a flood vent19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078599 A1Smart Vent Products, Inc.
- Float arrangement and air release valve incorporating same27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361947 A1Dynamic Fluid Control (Pty) Ltd.
- Automatic auxiliary drain for a fire control system11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281785 A1
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- Vented fuel tank cap and valve assembly186US 4,796,777 A1989
- Onboard vapor recovery system with two-stage shutoff valve108US 5,590,697 AG. T. Products, Inc. · 1997
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- Roll over vent valve65US 8,109,285 B2Raval A.C.S. Ltd. · 2012
- Vacuum release valve and method62US 6,687,923 B2Poolside International Pty Ltd. · 2004