F16K 5/0642
The spherical plug being insertable from one and only one side of
Official title: {the spherical plug being insertable from one and only one side of the housing}
F16K5/0642 (The spherical plug being insertable from one and only one side of) appears on 142 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 142
- Published applications
- 115
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 246
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 13 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Tamperproof rotary valve41US 5,076,541 AA. Y. McDonald Manufacturing Company · 1991
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