F16L 47/22
Using shrink-down material
Official title: using shrink-down material
F16L47/22 (Using shrink-down material) appears on 173 US grants and 84 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 173
- Published applications
- 84
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 304
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for reinforcing piping and installing a pipe adapter30 Jun 2026US 12,669,208 B2TruComp Pipe LLC
- Thin-walled heat shrink tubing31 Mar 2026US 12,590,652 B2Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Clamping ring and method of forming the same30 Dec 2025US 12,508,776 B2Auray Managing, S.L.
- Aircraft fluid conduit comprising thermoplastic piping and connector21 Oct 2025US 12,447,669 B2Airbus Atlantic
- Cold expansion pipe fitting, pipe connection, system, equipment, and method21 Oct 2025US 12,449,083 B2Uponor Innovation AB
- Thin-walled heat shrink tubing16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201982 A1Zeus Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus to assemble a high purity liquid distribution system18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289190 A1Fit-Line, Inc.
- Vacuum adapter system and method21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264169 A1
- Self-locking composite-composite joints31 Oct 2024US 2024/0360934 A1Goodrich Corporation
- Method and apparatus to assemble a high purity liquid distribution system10 Oct 2024US 2024/0336018 A1Fit-Line, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat-recoverable coupling assembly215US 4,650,228 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Heat-recoverable sealing article with self-contained heating means and method of sealing a splice therewith107US 4,085,286 ARaychem Corporation · 1978
- Articles comprising shaped woven fabrics96US 4,668,545 ARaychem Corporation · 1987
- Apparatus for internal pipe protection88US 4,355,664 ARaychem Corporation · 1982
- Shrinkable sleeve adapted for cable and tubing gas flow blocking68US 4,343,844 AEaton Corporation · 1982