F16L 37/008
Couplings of the quick-acting type: for branching pipes
Official title: {for branching pipes; for joining pipes to walls}
F16L37/008 (Couplings of the quick-acting type: for branching pipes) appears on 216 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 116
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Tube clamp and piercing device160US 4,112,944 A1978
- Quick-disconnect service-line connector and valve assembly146US 4,421,146 ALiqui-Box Corporation · 1983
- Quick connect tubing connector129US 6,086,118 ABundy Corporation · 2000
- Threaded snap in connector90US 6,352,439 B1Arlington Industries, Inc. · 2002
- Quick-disconnect coupling and valve assembly84US 4,445,551 A1984