F17B 1/26
With flexible walls
Official title: with flexible walls, e.g. bellows (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00)
F17B1/26 (With flexible walls) appears on 14 US grants and 15 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17B- Granted patents
- 14
- Published applications
- 15
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 40
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Variable volume vessel with over-travel protection and/or anti-binding features5 May 2026US 12,618,514 B2Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
- Pneumatic membrane gasometer for the storage of hydrogen gas at low pressure8 Jul 2025US 12,352,736 B2Ecomembrane S.R.L.
- Subsea fluid storage unit21 May 2024US 11,987,443 B2Subsea 7 Norway AS
- Subsea fluid storage unit6 Feb 2024US 11,891,241 B2Subsea 7 Norway AS
- Gasholder sealing member and gasholder sealing structure18 Dec 2018US 10,156,319 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Moderate-pressure large-volume hydrogen storage system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078872 A1MorningStar Power Inc.
- Variable volume hydrogen container or hydrogen compressor with improved hydrogen embrittlement resistance1 May 2025US 2025/0137586 A1Energyn Inc.
- Transport System for Hydrogen Gas6 Feb 2025US 2025/0043450 A1
- Compressed air energy storage and regeneration thereof26 Dec 2024US 2024/0426427 A1University of Virgina Patent Foundation
- Variable volume vessel with over-travel protection and/or anti-binding features19 Sep 2024US 2024/0309993 A1Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable-volume storage and dispensing apparatus for compressed natural gas129US 5,454,408 AThermo Power Corporation · 1995
- Gas storage and recovery system22US 5,368,067 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1994
- Separate low pressure gas storage system8US 4,902,304 AEnvirex Inc. · 1990
- Method for filing, cleaning and emptying large volume gas containers, especially airships7US 6,722,396 B12004
- Gas storage systems3US 4,223,803 ABritish Steel Corporation · 1980