F16K 31/025
Actuated by thermo-electric means
Official title: {actuated by thermo-electric means}
F16K31/025 (Actuated by thermo-electric means) appears on 255 US grants and 266 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 255
- Published applications
- 266
- Assignees
- 176
- Inventors
- 585
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 16 | 17 |
| 2025 | 5 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electrically actuated valves6 Oct 2026US 12,753,849 B2Schukra Berndorf GmbH
- Heater member for thermostat and manufacturing method therefor1 Sep 2026US 12,723,536 B2Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd.
- Actuator with shape memory alloy elements for operating a valve19 May 2026US 12,631,263 B2Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Valve for controlling a medium in a cooling circuit or heat circuit19 May 2026US 12,631,266 B2OTTO EGELHOF GmbH & Co. KG
- Stop valve for installation in a pipeline, in particular in a pipeline of a nuclear facility12 May 2026US 12,624,771 B2Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG
- Electrofluidic transducer20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243360 A1
- Methods, devices, and components for regulating fluid flow19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077168 A1Wayne State University
- Pneumatic valve29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029063 A1Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
- Pneumatic valve with an sma actuator4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369525 A1Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
- Pneumatic valve16 Oct 2025US 2025/0320931 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrically-actuable valve397US 4,750,520 ADragerwerk Aktiengesellschaft · 1988
- Linearly actuated valve182US 5,211,371 AAdvanced Control Technologies, Inc. · 1993
- Valveless shut-off and transfer device150US 4,612,959 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1986
- Variable pressure valve apparatus109US 6,474,360 B1Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2002
- Memory wire actuated control valve102US 6,843,465 B12005