F16K 31/465
By flexible transmission means
Official title: {by flexible transmission means, e.g. cable, chain, bowden wire}
F16K31/465 (By flexible transmission means) appears on 124 US grants and 120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 120
- Assignees
- 88
- Inventors
- 256
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2015 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13 |
| 2018 | 11 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 9 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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