F16K 31/502
Actuating pivotable valve members
Official title: {actuating pivotable valve members}
F16K31/502 (Actuating pivotable valve members) appears on 36 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 34
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 71
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
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| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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- Valve actuator25US 5,269,343 AElkhart Brass Mfg. Co., Inc. · 1993
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- Valve actuator apparatus16US 4,625,758 AITT Corporation · 1986
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