F16L 27/12
Allowing substantial longitudinal adjustment or movement
Official title: allowing substantial longitudinal adjustment or movement (by use of screw-thread F16L15/02)
F16L27/12 (Allowing substantial longitudinal adjustment or movement) appears on 438 US grants and 332 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 438
- Published applications
- 332
- Assignees
- 287
- Inventors
- 805
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 8 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
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| 2018 | 12 | 19 |
| 2019 | 18 | 26 |
| 2020 | 23 | 30 |
| 2021 | 20 | 17 |
| 2022 | 17 | 21 |
| 2023 | 12 | 20 |
| 2024 | 19 | 21 |
| 2025 | 33 | 20 |
| 2026 | 10 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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- Portable pump with telescopic tubes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226902 A1Techtronic Cordless GP
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- Pipe joint fitting11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160365 A1The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable length telescopic connector and method for use131US 5,098,241 AXYZYX International Corporation · 1992
- Pipe joining connection process114US 4,152,821 A1979
- Load compensator for a pipe running tool108US 6,691,801 B2Varco I/P, Inc. · 2004
- Waste evacuation attachment for recreational vehicles87US 4,133,347 A1979
- Fluid flow delivery system80US 4,570,673 AHalliburton Company · 1986