F16K 3/04
With pivoted closure members
Official title: with pivoted closure members
F16K3/04 (With pivoted closure members) appears on 739 US grants and 611 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 739
- Published applications
- 611
- Assignees
- 457
- Inventors
- 1,356
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 7 |
| 2003 | 8 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 |
| 2006 | 15 | 19 |
| 2007 | 11 | 14 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14 |
| 2009 | 8 | 26 |
| 2010 | 15 | 17 |
| 2011 | 10 | 14 |
| 2012 | 10 | 19 |
| 2013 | 12 | 18 |
| 2014 | 17 | 29 |
| 2015 | 16 | 32 |
| 2016 | 25 | 35 |
| 2017 | 31 | 48 |
| 2018 | 38 | 36 |
| 2019 | 38 | 44 |
| 2020 | 48 | 35 |
| 2021 | 31 | 33 |
| 2022 | 35 | 25 |
| 2023 | 17 | 24 |
| 2024 | 36 | 42 |
| 2025 | 28 | 18 |
| 2026 | 20 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multi-way disc valve with flow controller22 Sep 2026US 12,742,505 B2Stant USA Corp.
- Control valve18 Aug 2026US 12,710,774 B2FlowCon International ApS
- Metal obturators, dilating disk valves including same, and methods relating thereto11 Aug 2026US 12,704,185 B1Clarke Industrial Engineering, Inc.
- Valve assembly including removable cartridge11 Aug 2026US 12,704,186 B1Clarke Industrial Engineering, Inc.
- Flow modulator for a fluid11 Aug 2026US 12,704,187 B2Pittway Sarl
- Pendulum valve apparatus, substrate processing apparatus including the same, and method of operating pendulum valve apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298350 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Valve for Use in a Vehicle Cooling Circuit as Well as Method and Tool for Producing such a Valve24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287068 A1Hanon Systems Efp Deutschland GmbH
- Multi-way valve24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287074 A1Stant USA Corp.
- Dispensing device for purified water6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225918 A1Merck Patent GmbH
- Vacuum valve and substrate processing apparatus including the vacuum valve2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185614 A1Kitz Sct Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated turbo pump and control valve system167US 6,161,576 AMKS Instruments, Inc. · 2000
- In-line incremetally adjustable electronic expansion valve96US 5,417,083 AAmerican Standard Inc. · 1995
- Ceramic disc faucet valve90US 4,651,770 ASpeakman Company · 1987
- Pendulum valve assembly79US 6,089,537 AMKS Instruments, Inc. · 2000
- Valve of faucet72US 5,100,565 ATokyo Yogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992