F16L 47/345
Making use of attaching means embracing the pipe
Official title: {making use of attaching means embracing the pipe}
F16L47/345 (Making use of attaching means embracing the pipe) appears on 54 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 54
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 101
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Two step branch forming attachment49US 5,105,844 A1992
- Valve and tapping tee apparatus and method34US 4,730,636 APerfection Corporation · 1988
- Combined hot tap pipe cutter and gate valve for plastic pipe29US 5,269,340 AInstitute of Gas Technology · 1993
- Pipe piercing fitting and valve26US 5,345,964 AFriatec AG Keramik- und Kunststoffwerke · 1994
- Tapping fittings25US 5,577,529 APlasson Maagan Michael Industries Ltd. · 1996