F16L 55/1007
Couplings closed automatically when broken
Official title: {Couplings closed automatically when broken}
F16L55/1007 (Couplings closed automatically when broken) appears on 161 US grants and 99 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 99
- Assignees
- 81
- Inventors
- 197
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Disconnect for medical access devices166US 5,820,614 ABecton, Dickinson and Company · 1998
- Breakaway coupling, conduit system utilizing the coupling and methods of making the same85US 4,854,338 ADayco Products, Inc. · 1989
- Breakaway coupling for a coaxial fuel supply hose76US 4,763,683 ACatlow, Inc. · 1988
- Breakaway hose coupling for fuel dispensers72US 6,050,297 ADresser Industries, Inc. · 2000
- Breakaway hose coupling with a magnetic connection61US 7,252,112 B1Catlow, Inc. · 2007