F16K 27/0245
With ball-shaped valve members
Official title: {with ball-shaped valve members}
F16K27/0245 (With ball-shaped valve members) appears on 107 US grants and 114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 107
- Published applications
- 114
- Assignees
- 101
- Inventors
- 291
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Valve seat with seal for use with valve element in valve assembly13 May 2025US 12,297,916 B2Maxitrol Company
- High-pressure valve cartridge11 Mar 2025US 12,247,672 B2H2O Jet, Inc.
- Check valve unit14 Jan 2025US 12,196,334 B2Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
- Valve block, coolant circuit and method for operation and production12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071687 A1ETO Magnetic GmbH
- Valve assembly for fuel tanks18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381839 A1Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Ball valve and vehicle thermal management device comprising same11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377046 A1Hanon Systems
- Aircraft pressure relief valves11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377047 A1Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Increased flow back pressure regulator20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354619 A1DDS Investments, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Non-return valve, especially for a piston pump37US 6,244,295 B1Robert Bosch GmbH · 2001
- Solenoid valve31US 5,333,836 ANisshinbo Industries, Inc. · 1994
- Removable interconnection of an actuator to a valve body29US 7,131,635 B2Invensys Building Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Flow check valve with bias spring removal capability20US 4,105,044 AWard Aero, Inc. · 1978
- Electromagnetic valve with integrated non-return valve19US 6,084,493 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 2000