F16L 55/1015
Couplings closed automatically when disengaging force exceeds preselected value
Official title: {Couplings closed automatically when disengaging force exceeds preselected value (F16L55/1007 takes precedence)}
F16L55/1015 (Couplings closed automatically when disengaging force exceeds preselected value) appears on 143 US grants and 91 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 91
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
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- Breakaway pipe coupling with automatically closed valves68US 4,351,351 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1982
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