F24S 2030/133
In the form of flexible elements
Official title: {in the form of flexible elements, e.g. belts, chains, ropes}
F24S2030/133 (In the form of flexible elements) appears on 214 US grants and 219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24S- Granted patents
- 214
- Published applications
- 219
- Assignees
- 128
- Inventors
- 442
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 13 |
| 2010 | 2 | 19 |
| 2011 | 7 | 20 |
| 2012 | 4 | 20 |
| 2013 | 15 | 18 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 9 | 14 |
| 2016 | 13 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 |
| 2018 | 10 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Shading apparatus with panels28 Apr 2026US 12,612,786 B2Suncatcher, LLC
- Solar tracking system with a mechanical drive mechanism using a flexible transmission shaft17 Mar 2026US 12,580,519 B2
- Solar tracker system including a cable system4 Nov 2025US 12,463,582 B2FTC Solar, Inc.
- Heat-collecting member and agricultural house30 Sep 2025US 12,429,250 B2Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Foldable adjustable photovoltaic module29 Jul 2025US 12,375,030 B2Huaneng Jiangsu Comprehensive Energy Service Co., Ltd.
- Photovoltaic green roofs and facades4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155773 A1
- Solar tracker system including a cable system5 Feb 2026US 2026/0039242 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
- Rotation locking assemblies for reducing torsional galloping in solar tracking systems15 Jan 2026US 2026/0019028 A1Array Tech, Inc.
- Torque tube centrifugal locking13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347328 A1
- Tracking systems for adjusting a photovoltaic array11 Sep 2025US 2025/0286503 A1FTC Solar, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Parabolic trough solar energy collector assembly128US 4,135,493 AAcurex Corporation · 1979
- Solar energy collector system and method93US 4,172,442 ABio Gas Systems, Inc. · 1979
- Dual axis solar collector assembly89US 4,995,377 A1991
- Solar tracker85US 4,649,899 A1987
- Central receiver solar collector using analog coupling mirror control77US 4,172,443 A1979