F16L 37/098
By means of flexible hooks
Official title: by means of flexible hooks
F16L37/098 (By means of flexible hooks) appears on 924 US grants and 648 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 924
- Published applications
- 648
- Assignees
- 433
- Inventors
- 1,459
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2003 | 19 | 26 |
| 2004 | 13 | 26 |
| 2005 | 20 | 38 |
| 2006 | 18 | 30 |
| 2007 | 12 | 23 |
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| 2009 | 19 | 29 |
| 2010 | 24 | 34 |
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| 2020 | 33 | 21 |
| 2021 | 10 | 30 |
| 2022 | 21 | 34 |
| 2023 | 29 | 38 |
| 2024 | 41 | 34 |
| 2025 | 27 | 23 |
| 2026 | 21 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Liquid coupler6 Oct 2026US 12,753,869 B2Cooler Master Technology Inc.
- Female connector and connector assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,729,789 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Snap-locking connector1 Sep 2026US 12,723,689 B2Sulian (Chongqing) Intelligent Control Technology Co., Ltd.
- Joint assembly and faucet25 Aug 2026US 12,716,534 B2Wenzhou Furuisi Building Materials Co., Ltd.
- Connector coupling assembly11 Aug 2026US 12,704,210 B2CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Quick connect endformed tube with collar24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287104 A1Hutchinson Fluid Management Systems, Inc.
- Female element of a fluid connection device and fluid connection device comprising such an element10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266405 A1A. Raymond Et Cie
- Connecting device for connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251252 A1U-CONSULTING GmbH
- Fluid connection assembly with removable retainer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235240 A1Oetiker NY, Inc.
- Pipe coupling13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235244 A1Nitta Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coupling part for a fluid coupling device1,207US 7,021,669 B1Gardena Manufacturing GmbH · 2006
- Connector assembly for an expandable slotted pipe213US 5,924,745 APetroline Wellsystems Limited · 1999
- Connector for fluid handling system210US 6,257,626 B1Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. · 2001
- Body fluid interconnect202US 4,969,879 AGish Biomedical, Inc. · 1990
- Connector assembly for an expandable slotted pipe185US 5,984,568 AShell Oil Company · 1999