F24D 2240/00
Characterizing positions
Official title: Characterizing positions, e.g. of sensors, inlets, outlets
F24D2240/00 (Characterizing positions) appears on 85 US grants and 120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24D- Granted patents
- 85
- Published applications
- 120
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 212
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 13 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13 |
| 2021 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F24D 2240/26Vertically distributed at fixed positionsIndexing code47
- F24D 2240/10Placed within or inside ofIndexing code17
- F24D 2240/22Placed at bottom positionIndexing code8
- F24D 2240/20Placed at top positionIndexing code6
- F24D 2240/12Placed outside ofIndexing code3
- F24D 2240/24Placed at centre positionIndexing code3
- F24D 2240/28Horizontally distributed at fixed positionsIndexing code0
- F24D 2240/30At vertical variable positionsIndexing code0
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