F16K 27/00
Construction of housing
Official title: Construction of housing (methods for welding housings B23K); Use of materials therefor
F16K27/00 (Construction of housing) appears on 6,350 US grants and 6,443 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 6,350
- Published applications
- 6,443
- Assignees
- 2,822
- Inventors
- 11,582
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 50 | 0 |
| 1977 | 36 | 0 |
| 1978 | 31 | 0 |
| 1979 | 31 | 0 |
| 1980 | 54 | 0 |
| 1981 | 55 | 0 |
| 1982 | 47 | 0 |
| 1983 | 43 | 0 |
| 1984 | 64 | 0 |
| 1985 | 57 | 0 |
| 1986 | 42 | 0 |
| 1987 | 45 | 0 |
| 1988 | 34 | 0 |
| 1989 | 35 | 0 |
| 1990 | 49 | 0 |
| 1991 | 43 | 0 |
| 1992 | 51 | 0 |
| 1993 | 44 | 0 |
| 1994 | 52 | 0 |
| 1995 | 50 | 0 |
| 1996 | 44 | 0 |
| 1997 | 52 | 0 |
| 1998 | 68 | 0 |
| 1999 | 77 | 0 |
| 2000 | 74 | 0 |
| 2001 | 94 | 25 |
| 2002 | 77 | 81 |
| 2003 | 78 | 103 |
| 2004 | 79 | 81 |
| 2005 | 77 | 130 |
| 2006 | 103 | 143 |
| 2007 | 69 | 165 |
| 2008 | 69 | 113 |
| 2009 | 66 | 115 |
| 2010 | 72 | 121 |
| 2011 | 73 | 145 |
| 2012 | 86 | 152 |
| 2013 | 116 | 203 |
| 2014 | 132 | 225 |
| 2015 | 189 | 279 |
| 2016 | 233 | 395 |
| 2017 | 304 | 395 |
| 2018 | 326 | 348 |
| 2019 | 336 | 411 |
| 2020 | 349 | 452 |
| 2021 | 370 | 430 |
| 2022 | 393 | 476 |
| 2023 | 396 | 430 |
| 2024 | 431 | 426 |
| 2025 | 352 | 343 |
| 2026 | 252 | 256 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16K 27/02Construction of housing: of lift valves2,612
- F16K 27/04Construction of housing: of sliding valves1,246
- F16K 27/003Housing formed from a plurality of the same valve elements1,023
- F16K 27/06Construction of housing: of taps or cocks960
- F16K 27/12Covers for housings309
- F16K 27/07Construction of housing: of cutting-off parts of tanks164
- F16K 27/08Guiding yokes for spindles152
- F16K 27/10Welded housings134
All 9 subgroupsShow fewer
Recent patents
- Solenoid stabilizers and methods for stabilizing solenoids in valve bodies6 Oct 2026US 12,753,806 B2Sonnax Transmission Company
- Valves and trim assemblies for valves6 Oct 2026US 12,753,840 B2Fisher Jeon Gas Equipment (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
- Seat for gate valve6 Oct 2026US 12,753,842 B2Chevron U.S.A.Inc.
- Fluid control valve with diaphragm tensioning geometry6 Oct 2026US 12,753,844 B2Equilibar, LLC
- Control valve6 Oct 2026US 12,753,846 B2Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
- Valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309234 A1Horen Cortp Co., Ltd.
- Fluid valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309239 A1
- Multi-way switching valve device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309240 A1Mikuni Corporation
- Fluid mixing assembly having a thermostatic mixing valve8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309243 A1Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
- A valve block for a solution management system for bioprocessing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309247 A1Cytiva Sweden AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Deposition valve assembly and method of heating the same538US 9,096,931 B2ASM America, Inc. · 2015
- Metering valve516US 4,164,959 AThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies · 1979
- Over pressure relief system for fluid ends217US 10,082,137 B2Caterpillar Inc. · 2018
- Latching trumpet valve for medical infusions169US 5,228,646 A1993
- Spool valve with offset outlet151US 5,064,168 ABurron Medical Inc. · 1991