H02K 5/16
Means for supporting bearings
Official title: Means for supporting bearings, e.g. insulating supports or means for fitting bearings in the bearing-shields (magnetic bearings H02K7/09)
H02K5/16 (Means for supporting bearings) appears on 3,759 US grants and 3,862 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02K- Granted patents
- 3,759
- Published applications
- 3,862
- Assignees
- 1,223
- Inventors
- 7,466
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 36 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 33 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 41 | 0 |
| 1993 | 38 | 0 |
| 1994 | 36 | 0 |
| 1995 | 37 | 0 |
| 1996 | 43 | 0 |
| 1997 | 48 | 0 |
| 1998 | 89 | 0 |
| 1999 | 86 | 0 |
| 2000 | 63 | 0 |
| 2001 | 81 | 24 |
| 2002 | 79 | 97 |
| 2003 | 66 | 96 |
| 2004 | 94 | 133 |
| 2005 | 93 | 123 |
| 2006 | 93 | 113 |
| 2007 | 67 | 123 |
| 2008 | 48 | 100 |
| 2009 | 68 | 111 |
| 2010 | 91 | 105 |
| 2011 | 77 | 122 |
| 2012 | 81 | 108 |
| 2013 | 106 | 191 |
| 2014 | 110 | 158 |
| 2015 | 107 | 152 |
| 2016 | 90 | 136 |
| 2017 | 99 | 156 |
| 2018 | 113 | 191 |
| 2019 | 166 | 243 |
| 2020 | 182 | 222 |
| 2021 | 175 | 223 |
| 2022 | 174 | 245 |
| 2023 | 180 | 224 |
| 2024 | 213 | 199 |
| 2025 | 203 | 146 |
| 2026 | 124 | 121 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H02K 5/173Using bearings with rolling contact1,848
- H02K 5/167Using sliding-contact or spherical cap bearings1,344
- H02K 5/161Radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor402
- H02K 5/163Radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor165
- H02K 5/165Radially supporting the rotor around a fixed spindle80
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