F17C 2260/02
Improving properties related to fluid or fluid transfer
F17C2260/02 (Improving properties related to fluid or fluid transfer) appears on 949 US grants and 1,020 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17C- Granted patents
- 949
- Published applications
- 1,020
- Assignees
- 552
- Inventors
- 1,966
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F17C 2260/025Reducing transfer timeIndexing code226
- F17C 2260/021Avoiding over pressurisingIndexing code182
- F17C 2260/024Improving meteringIndexing code175
- F17C 2260/023Avoiding overheatingIndexing code154
- F17C 2260/022Avoiding overfillingIndexing code115
- F17C 2260/026By calculationIndexing code91
- F17C 2260/028Avoiding unauthorised transferIndexing code59
- F17C 2260/027Making transfer independent of vessel orientationIndexing code22
Recent patents
- Method and conveying device25 Aug 2026US 12,716,549 B2Linde Aktiengesellschaft
- Fluid filling systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,709,533 B2Fountain Master, LLC
- Fuel oil anti-siphoning tool18 Aug 2026US 12,710,142 B2
- Direct liquefaction for vehicle refueling28 Jul 2026US 12,691,752 B1Neoex Systems, Inc.
- Pressure relief shipping adapter14 Jul 2026US 12,680,653 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- A hydrogen refueling system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309277 A1Cavendish Hydrogen A/S
- Cap for providing a tamper evidence feature8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309282 A1Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Automatically openable and closable overpressure hydrogen discharge apparatus for hydrogen electric vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298412 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Controlling temperature of a hydrogen storage container in a hydrogen-fueled vehicle27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251267 A1
- Method and facility for transferring cryogenic liquid27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251268 A1L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-contained mobile fueling station157US 6,786,245 B1Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 2004
- Methods and apparatus to generate liquid ambulatory oxygen from an oxygen concentrator136US 5,979,440 ASeQual Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Methods and apparatus to generate liquid ambulatory oxygen from an oxygen concentrator133US 6,698,423 B1SeQual Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Variable-volume storage and dispensing apparatus for compressed natural gas129US 5,454,408 AThermo Power Corporation · 1995
- Apparatus and method for regulating temperature in a cryogenic test chamber118US 4,848,093 AQuantum Design, Inc. · 1989