F24S 2025/01
Special support components
Official title: {Special support components; Methods of use}
F24S2025/01 (Special support components) appears on 994 US grants and 1,360 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24S- Granted patents
- 994
- Published applications
- 1,360
- Assignees
- 582
- Inventors
- 1,930
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 60 | 69 |
| 2025 | 45 | 77 |
| 2026 | 32 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F24S 2025/014Methods for installing support elementsIndexing code211
- F24S 2025/021Sealing means between support elements and mounting surfaceIndexing code197
- F24S 2025/02Ballasting meansIndexing code162
- F24S 2025/011Arrangements for mounting elements inside solar collectorsIndexing code119
- F24S 2025/012Foldable support elementsIndexing code118
- F24S 2025/018Means for preventing movementsIndexing code66
- F24S 2025/017Tensioning meansIndexing code63
- F24S 2025/019Means for accommodating irregularities on mounting surfaceIndexing code61
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