F17C 3/02
Vessels not under pressure: with provision for thermal insulation
Official title: with provision for thermal insulation (thermal insulation in general F16L59/00 {; refrigerators F25D; insulation specially adapted for cryogenic vessels F17C13/001; tank vehicles B60P3/22; railway tank wagons B61D5/00})
F17C3/02 (Vessels not under pressure: with provision for thermal insulation) appears on 918 US grants and 775 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17C- Granted patents
- 918
- Published applications
- 775
- Assignees
- 484
- Inventors
- 1,944
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 4 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 |
| 2003 | 13 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 14 |
| 2005 | 5 | 14 |
| 2006 | 12 | 16 |
| 2007 | 12 | 18 |
| 2008 | 7 | 20 |
| 2009 | 5 | 15 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 9 | 18 |
| 2012 | 11 | 21 |
| 2013 | 10 | 22 |
| 2014 | 13 | 19 |
| 2015 | 17 | 34 |
| 2016 | 20 | 47 |
| 2017 | 26 | 46 |
| 2018 | 36 | 39 |
| 2019 | 53 | 61 |
| 2020 | 39 | 40 |
| 2021 | 34 | 31 |
| 2022 | 33 | 43 |
| 2023 | 36 | 63 |
| 2024 | 41 | 55 |
| 2025 | 46 | 62 |
| 2026 | 36 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hydrogen storage tank for hydrogen aircraft22 Sep 2026US 12,742,518 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Leaktight and thermally insulating vessel, and associated method for placing under vacuum15 Sep 2026US 12,736,181 B2Gaztransport Et Technigaz
- Tank for storing liquefied gas and fluid transfer method1 Sep 2026US 12,723,713 B2L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Device and method for providing a thermally conductive coupling1 Sep 2026US 12,723,799 B2Bluefors Oy
- Storage facility for a liquid-state gas comprising a tank and a suction device of an insulation layer of said tank25 Aug 2026US 12,716,553 B2Gaztransport Et Technigaz
- Cryogenic fluid storage tank8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309275 A1L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Hydrogen fuel storage and distribution systems for aircraft8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309276 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Precast, prestressed concrete cryogenic tanks - sliding base insulation system and method for full and double containment systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287118 A1Preload Cryogenics, LLC
- Cryogenic cooling system and an insert therefor17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276149 A1Oxford NanoScience Limited
- Storage container for cryogenic liquid, watercraft with a corresponding storage container and method for storing a cryogenic liquid3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258906 A1Linde Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus to help promote contact of gas with vaporized material551US 8,444,120 B2Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. · 2013
- Portable apparatus for storing and/or transporting biological samples, tissues and/or organs254US 6,209,343 B1Life Science Holdings, Inc. · 2001
- Process for liquefaction of natural gas137US 6,023,942 AExxon Production Research Company · 2000
- Vaporizer delivery ampoule125US 6,921,062 B2Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. · 2005
- Vapor cooled shielding liner for cryogenic storage in composite pressure vessels124US 10,422,478 B2Washington State University · 2019