F16L 37/148
The securing element being flexible
Official title: {the securing element being flexible (F16L37/144 takes precedence)}
F16L37/148 (The securing element being flexible) appears on 109 US grants and 88 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 109
- Published applications
- 88
- Assignees
- 81
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Spline lock restrained pipe joining system for plastic pipe5 May 2026US 12,618,501 B2S & B Technical Products, Inc.
- Connector assembly and female connector thereof3 Feb 2026US 12,540,700 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Polymer pipe, a pipe joint insert device, a pipe joint assembly, and methods of forming same6 Jan 2026US 12,516,764 B2Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation
- Valve device with ball locks30 Dec 2025US 12,510,197 B2Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.
- Click fit restrained pipe joining system for plastic pipe30 Dec 2025US 12,510,201 B2S & B Technical Products, Inc.
- A coupling assembly16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201994 A1Torsion Tool Company AS
- Anti-rotation apparatus and method and a pipe assembly and a system having same12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043501 A1Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation
- Click Fit Restrained Pipe Joining System For Plastic Pipe23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327543 A1S & B Technical Products, Inc.
- Connector Assembly and Female Connector Thereof20 Feb 2025US 2025/0060060 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Pipe connectors23 Jan 2025US 2025/0027589 A1Acorn Intellectual Properties Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Quick connect connector for grooved pipe61US 5,498,042 AVictauli Company of America · 1996
- Irrigation pipe system59US 6,302,445 B1CertainTeed Corporation · 2001
- Snap-action pipe coupling retainer52US 5,813,705 AVictaulic Company of America · 1998
- Breakaway hose coupling43US 5,570,719 ARichards Industries, Inc. · 1996
- Fluid coupling construction for non-pressure balanced fluid conducting swivel joints37US 4,749,192 A1988