F22B 37/20
Supporting arrangements
Official title: Supporting arrangements, e.g. for securing water-tube sets
F22B37/20 (Supporting arrangements) appears on 211 US grants and 91 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F22B- Granted patents
- 211
- Published applications
- 91
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 373
- Latest grant
- 1 Jul 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F22B 37/205Supporting and spacing arrangements for tubes of a tube bundle110
- F22B 37/202Suspension and securing arrangements for contact heating surfaces49
- F22B 37/208Backstay arrangements24
- F22B 37/201Suspension and securing arrangements for walls built-up from tubes9
- F22B 37/207Supporting arrangements for drums and collectors8
- F22B 37/204Supporting arrangements for individual tubes7
Recent patents
- Arrangement for a method of supporting a side wall of a vertical flue gas pass in a thermal power steam generator1 Jul 2025US 12,345,411 B2Sumitomo SHI FW Energia Oy
- Systems and methods for steam separator tie bar repair or replacement31 Dec 2024US 12,183,472 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Method for fabrication of corrosion-resistant tubing using minimal quantities of specialized material15 Oct 2024US 12,117,166 B2
- System and method for restraining heat exchanger with cable in tension2 Jul 2024US 12,025,021 B2GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- System and method for restraining heat exchanger with cable in tension28 Nov 2023US 11,828,189 B1General Electric Company
- Shortened piping layout for steam cycle circuit of combined-cycle power plant9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193994 A1GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Arrangement for supporting boiler2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092700 A1Valmet Technologies Oy
- Pair of support plates for tubes in a reactor vessel2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305674 A1L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Method for fabrication of corrosion-resistant tubing using minimal quantities of specialized material11 Apr 2024US 2024/0117964 A1Caliber Elements LLC
- System and method for restraining heat exchanger with cable in tension26 Oct 2023US 2023/0340894 A1General Electric Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steam cooled hanger tube for horizontal superheaters and reheaters60US 4,421,070 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1983
- Band type tube support46US 4,100,889 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1978
- Circuit assembly for once-through steam generators41US 6,019,070 A2000
- Device to reduce local heat flux through a heat exchanger tube29US 4,191,246 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1980
- Boiler tube support25US 5,136,985 ADeltak Corporation · 1992