F16K 7/16
The diaphragm being mechanically actuated
Official title: the diaphragm being mechanically actuated, e.g. by screw-spindle or cam
F16K7/16 (The diaphragm being mechanically actuated) appears on 291 US grants and 287 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 291
- Published applications
- 287
- Assignees
- 164
- Inventors
- 538
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | 7 |
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| 2006 | 7 | 15 |
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| 2008 | 4 | 8 |
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| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
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| 2023 | 15 | 21 |
| 2024 | 22 | 13 |
| 2025 | 16 | 18 |
| 2026 | 8 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Fluid valves85US 4,280,680 A1981
- Diaphragm valve76US 5,549,134 AMarcValve Corporation · 1996
- Valve for sequential chemical operations64US 4,597,412 A1986
- Weir valve sampling/injection port64US 4,977,929 AFluoroware, Inc. · 1990
- Ferromagnetic/fluid valve actuator61US 6,609,698 B1Arichell Technologies, Inc. · 2003