F16K 5/0647
Spindles or actuating means
Official title: {Spindles or actuating means}
F16K5/0647 (Spindles or actuating means) appears on 358 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 358
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 671
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16 |
| 2011 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 |
| 2013 | 9 | 15 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17 |
| 2015 | 19 | 15 |
| 2016 | 14 | 19 |
| 2017 | 15 | 17 |
| 2018 | 16 | 19 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 |
| 2020 | 9 | 22 |
| 2021 | 18 | 19 |
| 2022 | 17 | 29 |
| 2023 | 18 | 24 |
| 2024 | 27 | 19 |
| 2025 | 18 | 23 |
| 2026 | 15 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ball valve with flexible arm and detents for maintaining valve open or closed1 Sep 2026US 12,723,663 B1
- Valve apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,723,664 B2Jb Valves Limited
- Systems and methods for operating a ball valve25 Aug 2026US 12,717,356 B2WCM Industries, Inc.
- Ball valve with improved assembly configuration18 Aug 2026US 12,710,100 B2Dramm Corporation of Manitowoc
- Integrated pressure balancing system in ball valve14 Jul 2026US 12,680,624 B2Habonim Industrial Valves & Actuators Ltd.
- Ball valve assembly having adjustable handle positions24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287070 A1Caleffi S.p.A.
- Connector with self-locking function10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266392 A1Dongguan Jijia Thermal Control Technology Co., Ltd.
- Fluid storage systems and monitoring27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251492 A1Darling Ingredients Inc.
- Ball valve hose bib device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185616 A1
- Repairable valve25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177150 A1Mogas Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic shutoff valve114US 5,240,022 A1993
- Rotating valve assembly57US 7,165,568 B2Axial Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Subsea master valve for use in well testing52US 4,658,904 ASchlumberger Technology Corporation · 1987
- Self centering floating metal seal for a ball valve51US 4,386,756 AValve Concepts International · 1983
- Actuator and zone valve47US 5,540,414 ATaco, Inc. · 1996