F16K 37/0008
Mechanical means
Official title: {Mechanical means (F16K37/0075 takes precedence)}
F16K37/0008 (Mechanical means) appears on 413 US grants and 399 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 413
- Published applications
- 399
- Assignees
- 286
- Inventors
- 792
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2003 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
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| 2018 | 18 | 34 |
| 2019 | 26 | 31 |
| 2020 | 26 | 29 |
| 2021 | 24 | 19 |
| 2022 | 29 | 24 |
| 2023 | 23 | 27 |
| 2024 | 23 | 21 |
| 2025 | 15 | 27 |
| 2026 | 16 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Faucet water temperature guide device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,588 B2
- Inflation control valve29 Sep 2026US 12,746,139 B2Djo, LLC
- Heat exchange system and method11 Aug 2026US 12,704,299 B2Maxi-Therme Inc.
- Reuse prevention for single-use valves for medical devices4 Aug 2026US 12,697,012 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Subsea actuation system with retrievable position indicator4 Aug 2026US 12,698,689 B2TechnipFMC Norge AS
- Frictionless position indication transfer mechanism for quarter-turn actuator20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243368 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Valve handle6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227002 A1Green Leaf, Inc.
- Vehicle mounted spreader25 Jun 2026US 2026/0173999 A1AOB Products Company
- Brace having an inflation control21 May 2026US 2026/0137540 A1Djo, LLC
- Check valve having a state indication system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078841 A1The Boeing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Metering valve516US 4,164,959 AThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies · 1979
- Valve position indicator105US 5,223,822 AStonel Corporation · 1993
- Manual override for hydraulic gate valve actuators66US 4,213,480 AACF Industries, Incorporated · 1980
- Disk valve with improved disk mounting60US 5,305,787 AC & S Valve Company · 1994
- Valve58US 4,593,717 A1986