F16K 31/0665
With valve member being at least partially ball-shaped
Official title: {with valve member being at least partially ball-shaped (F16K31/0662 takes precedence)}
F16K31/0665 (With valve member being at least partially ball-shaped) appears on 274 US grants and 247 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 274
- Published applications
- 247
- Assignees
- 143
- Inventors
- 613
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 15 |
| 2004 | 16 | 14 |
| 2005 | 11 | 18 |
| 2006 | 8 | 10 |
| 2007 | 7 | 5 |
| 2008 | 8 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 10 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 | 17 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 |
| 2015 | 12 | 17 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 19 |
| 2018 | 17 | 13 |
| 2019 | 10 | 11 |
| 2020 | 11 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Control valve for a hydraulic control unit of vehicular brake systems44US 6,065,734 AKelsey-Hayes Company · 2000
- Quick acting ball valve42US 5,037,062 ADeutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. · 1991
- Control valve for a vehicular brake system42US 6,877,717 B2Kelsey-Hayes Company · 2005
- EHB proportional solenoid valve with stepped gap armature37US 6,994,406 B1Kelsey-Hayes Company · 2006
- Electromagnetic valve35US 6,755,390 B2Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. · 2004