F16N 25/00
Distributing equipment with or without proportioning devices
Official title: Distributing equipment {with or without proportioning devices}
F16N25/00 (Distributing equipment with or without proportioning devices) appears on 202 US grants and 185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16N- Granted patents
- 202
- Published applications
- 185
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 365
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10 | 8 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 16 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12 |
| 2019 | 7 | 16 |
| 2020 | 14 | 9 |
| 2021 | 16 | 11 |
| 2022 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 17 | 16 |
| 2025 | 16 | 13 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fluid distribution assembly28 Jul 2026US 12,692,978 B2Caterpillar Global Mining LLC
- Valve for supplying and purging lubricants from systems19 May 2026US 12,631,292 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- System and method for lubricating a conveyor24 Feb 2026US 12,559,322 B2DuBois Chemicals, Inc.
- Stemmed orifice component10 Feb 2026US 12,546,309 B2SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
- Dental handpiece oiling machine16 Dec 2025US 12,498,085 B2Beyes Dental Canada Inc.
- Arrangement and method for requirement-based distribution of cooling/lubricating oil flows in electric traction drives23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213619 A1MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
- Lubrication wheel for a speed reducer of a turbomachine9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098484 A1Safran Transmission Systems
- Stemmed orifice component25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389270 A1SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
- Oil distributor and reducer4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369567 A1Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd.
- Valve for Supplying and Purging Lubricants from Systems4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277560 A1Caterpillar SARL
Most cited
By later US patents
- High-low pressure lubrication system for high-horsepower plunger pump139US 10,859,203 B1American Jereh International Corporation · 2020
- Liquid flow splitter108US 4,319,608 A1982
- Lubricant applying system and injector means52US 4,520,902 ALubriquip - Houdaille, Inc. · 1985
- Process and apparatus for filling a constant speed drive42US 4,895,192 ASundstrand Corporation · 1990
- Pressure bypass accessory for a series progressive divider valve38US 5,810,115 ALubriquip, Inc. · 1998