F16K 35/022
The locking mechanism being actuated by a separate actuating element
Official title: {the locking mechanism being actuated by a separate actuating element}
F16K35/022 (The locking mechanism being actuated by a separate actuating element) appears on 232 US grants and 215 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 215
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 15 | 11 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Fluid couplings with an in-line flow valve12 May 2026US 12,624,784 B2Colder Products Company
- Control valve14 Apr 2026US 12,601,408 B2Siemens Schweiz AG
- Fluid couplings with in-line flow valve17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276121 A1Colder Products Company
- Relief Valve3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258882 A1Leinemann GmbH & Co. KG
- Valve upper part for sanitary fittings27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251232 A1Flühs Drehtechnik GmbH
- Locking device for lever of gas valve2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185631 A1Kofulso Co., Ltd.
- Tank car outlet valve arrangement11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160357 A1A. Stucki Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lockout tagout for semiconductor vacuum valve500US 9,404,587 B2ASM IP Holding B. V. · 2016
- Check valve including means to permit selective back flow122US 5,819,791 AGulf Valve Company · 1998
- Mixing valve with limit stop and pre-set96US 6,283,447 B1Harrow Products, Inc. · 2001
- Water saver fire hydrant70US 6,058,957 A2000
- Shunt valve locking mechanism45US 7,390,310 B2Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. · 2008