F16K 31/04
Using a motor
Official title: using a motor
F16K31/04 (Using a motor) appears on 2,399 US grants and 2,464 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 2,399
- Published applications
- 2,464
- Assignees
- 1,134
- Inventors
- 4,565
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 37 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 9 |
| 2002 | 38 | 27 |
| 2003 | 31 | 28 |
| 2004 | 31 | 55 |
| 2005 | 43 | 49 |
| 2006 | 40 | 51 |
| 2007 | 30 | 38 |
| 2008 | 24 | 51 |
| 2009 | 23 | 49 |
| 2010 | 30 | 51 |
| 2011 | 30 | 56 |
| 2012 | 48 | 63 |
| 2013 | 38 | 78 |
| 2014 | 50 | 69 |
| 2015 | 68 | 88 |
| 2016 | 86 | 125 |
| 2017 | 96 | 169 |
| 2018 | 117 | 170 |
| 2019 | 164 | 170 |
| 2020 | 178 | 200 |
| 2021 | 167 | 156 |
| 2022 | 157 | 164 |
| 2023 | 116 | 156 |
| 2024 | 175 | 152 |
| 2025 | 155 | 130 |
| 2026 | 92 | 110 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Valve for controlling flow rate of gas404US 6,321,780 B1Benkan Corporation · 2001
- Sealed motor driven valve164US 6,460,567 B1Hansen Technologies Corporation · 2002
- Cooling control system and expansion valve therefor118US 4,506,518 APacific Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1985
- Water use monitoring apparatus and water damage prevention system110US 9,297,150 B22016
- Motorized diverter valve103US 4,398,562 ARichdel, Inc. · 1983