F16L 37/28
Couplings of the quick-acting type: with fluid cut-off means
Official title: with fluid cut-off means
F16L37/28 (Couplings of the quick-acting type: with fluid cut-off means) appears on 1,869 US grants and 1,393 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 1,869
- Published applications
- 1,393
- Assignees
- 819
- Inventors
- 2,360
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 75 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fluid couplings29 Sep 2026US 12,747,815 B2Colder Products Company
- Connector assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,742,512 B2A. Raymond Et Cie
- Joint auxiliary assembly and joint assembly15 Sep 2026US 12,736,162 B2Wistron Corporation
- Quick connector15 Sep 2026US 12,736,164 B2Jpc Connectivity Inc.
- Low-spill coupling assembly15 Sep 2026US 12,736,165 B2Colder Products Company
- Floating connector mechanism8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309260 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Quick disconnect coupling systems and related methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298384 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Low-spill coupling assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298385 A1Colder Products Company
- Connection system, cap and adapter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287107 A1L'oreal
- Fluid couplings with in-line flow valve17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276121 A1Colder Products Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Valve for permanent venous cannulae or for catheter insertion means569US 4,917,668 AB. Braun Melsungen AG · 1990
- Dry break coupling351US 5,492,147 AAeroquip Corporation · 1996
- Quick connect coupling343US 4,436,125 AColder Products Company · 1984
- Connecting apparatus for medical conduits324US 5,520,665 ABespak PLC · 1996
- Fluid connectors235US 4,022,205 A1977