F16K 31/404
The discharge being effected through the diaphragm and being blockable by an
Official title: {the discharge being effected through the diaphragm and being blockable by an electrically-actuated member making contact with the diaphragm}
F16K31/404 (The discharge being effected through the diaphragm and being blockable by an) appears on 170 US grants and 129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 129
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- 84
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- 247
- Latest grant
- 2 Sep 2025
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| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
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