F28F 2013/005
Thermal joints
Official title: {Thermal joints}
F28F2013/005 (Thermal joints) appears on 485 US grants and 622 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F28F- Granted patents
- 485
- Published applications
- 622
- Assignees
- 409
- Inventors
- 1,505
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 | 18 |
| 2006 | 10 | 13 |
| 2007 | 10 | 22 |
| 2008 | 7 | 27 |
| 2009 | 6 | 34 |
| 2010 | 9 | 50 |
| 2011 | 14 | 26 |
| 2012 | 15 | 26 |
| 2013 | 19 | 32 |
| 2014 | 18 | 28 |
| 2015 | 19 | 34 |
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| 2017 | 22 | 40 |
| 2018 | 33 | 41 |
| 2019 | 41 | 30 |
| 2020 | 42 | 31 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 |
| 2022 | 19 | 24 |
| 2023 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024 | 15 | 13 |
| 2025 | 16 | 12 |
| 2026 | 9 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Heat exchanger8 Sep 2026US 12,728,694 B2Aptiv Technologies AG
- Self-adaptive thermal management systems and methods thereof23 Jun 2026US 12,663,226 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Variable thermal insulation2 Jun 2026US 12,644,558 B2Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
- Methods, devices, and systems for control of heat transfer using spin crossover12 May 2026US 12,624,907 B2President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Planar bridging-droplet thermal diodes5 May 2026US 12,618,618 B2Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- A thermal strap and a method for manufacturing a thermal strap27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251409 A1
- Thermal Switch for a Cryogenic System6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227138 A1Siemens Healthcare GmbH
- Thermal Energy Storage System25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177328 A1Wellhead Power Solutions, LLC
- Cooling system for use in cold ambient conditions28 May 2026US 2026/0146809 A1Vertiv Corporation
- Thermal battery and electricity generation system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085895 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cooking utensil with improved heat retention150US 5,643,485 AMidwest Research Institute · 1997
- Thermal conductivity sheet122US 5,660,917 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1997
- Optimized integral heat pipe and electronic circuit module arrangement113US 5,216,580 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1993
- Thermal switch112US 3,957,107 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 1976
- Thermal switch, methods of use and manufacturing methods for same97US 7,411,792 B2Washington State University Research Foundation · 2008