F16K 31/042
With electric means
Official title: {with electric means, e.g. for controlling the motor or a clutch between the valve and the motor}
F16K31/042 (With electric means) appears on 161 US grants and 210 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 210
- Assignees
- 157
- Inventors
- 460
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 |
| 2017 | 7 | 17 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13 |
| 2019 | 10 | 16 |
| 2020 | 17 | 22 |
| 2021 | 17 | 15 |
| 2022 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 11 | 20 |
| 2024 | 7 | 14 |
| 2025 | 19 | 16 |
| 2026 | 12 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotary valve47US 4,501,297 AAutomatic Switch Company · 1985
- Intelligent valve actuator33US 6,279,870 B1Maxon Corporation · 2001
- Valve actuator26US 4,261,224 AAnchor/Darling Industries, Inc. · 1981
- Rotary servovalve and control system26US 6,269,838 B12001
- Embedded control valve using homopolar motor23US 7,093,818 B2Harris Corporation · 2006