H02K 7/18
Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors
Official title: Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g. with turbines
H02K7/18 (Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors) appears on 5,078 US grants and 6,403 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
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| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 44 | 11 |
| 2002 | 30 | 42 |
| 2003 | 37 | 64 |
| 2004 | 78 | 89 |
| 2005 | 63 | 87 |
| 2006 | 65 | 87 |
| 2007 | 50 | 111 |
| 2008 | 62 | 144 |
| 2009 | 55 | 151 |
| 2010 | 103 | 223 |
| 2011 | 113 | 256 |
| 2012 | 123 | 231 |
| 2013 | 194 | 284 |
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| 2015 | 218 | 310 |
| 2016 | 227 | 377 |
| 2017 | 305 | 458 |
| 2018 | 313 | 433 |
| 2019 | 379 | 416 |
| 2020 | 369 | 385 |
| 2021 | 367 | 349 |
| 2022 | 276 | 390 |
| 2023 | 320 | 352 |
| 2024 | 344 | 366 |
| 2025 | 316 | 277 |
| 2026 | 159 | 189 |
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