F16K 31/48
Actuated by mechanical timing-device
Official title: actuated by mechanical timing-device, e.g. with dash-pot (self-closing valves F16K21/16)
F16K31/48 (Actuated by mechanical timing-device) appears on 69 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 121
- Latest grant
- 29 Jul 2025
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Self-resetting shut-off valve29 Jul 2025US 12,372,160 B2
- Timer with flare fittings and tactile dial8 Apr 2025US 12,270,553 B2No Worriez International Corp.
- Timer applicable to various types of fuel gas valves and fuel gas valve including same1 Apr 2025US 12,264,755 B2Hwei Keh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Fluid control valve unit and valve timing changing device28 Jan 2025US 12,209,514 B2Mikuni Corporation
- Fluid control valve and valve timing changing device5 Nov 2024US 12,134,976 B2Mikuni Corporation
- Gardening flow control timer20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240092 A1Shin Tai Spurt Water of the Garden Tools Co., Ltd.
- Timer with flare fittings and tactile dial24 Jul 2025US 2025/0235047 A1No Worriez International Corp.
- Timer applicable to various types of fuel gas valve and fuel gas valve including same19 Dec 2024US 2024/0418292 A1Hwei Keh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Timed gas cut-off device and gas equipment17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344629 A1Ningbo Wanan Co., Ltd.
- Self-resetting shut-off valve15 Aug 2024US 2024/0271710 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Timed water control shower valve, system and method106US 5,402,812 AAutomatic Specialties, Inc. · 1995
- Water-micro-controller61US 4,633,905 A1987
- Modular control apparatus for water treatment system46US 6,206,042 B1Chemical Engineering Corporation · 2001
- Mechanical in line timer valve38US 7,252,113 B2L. R. Nelson Corporation · 2007
- Regulator means for automatically shutting the gas pipeline passage off during pressure reducing failure35US 4,836,247 A1989