Y10T 137/0508
Ball valve or rotary ball valve
Y10T137/0508 (Ball valve or rotary ball valve) appears on 125 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 125
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 165
- Latest grant
- 26 Aug 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010 | 7 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 9 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
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- Fluid Valve17 Nov 2022US 2022/0364653 A1Vitesco Technologies GmbH
- Valve unit27 Oct 2022US 2022/0341500 A1Mahle International GmbH
- Valve device and method for assembling the same9 Dec 2021US 2021/0381614 A1Fujikoki Corporation
- Top entry ball valve and method26 Aug 2021US 2021/0262574 A1Worldwide Oilfield Machine, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Single-control mixing cock with plates made of hard material61US 4,325,403 AGevipi A.G. · 1982
- Valve seat retraction method and apparatus53US 4,718,444 AKF Industries, Inc. · 1988
- Ball valve for pipeline39US 4,606,368 AForsac Valves Limited · 1986
- Ball valve with snap-in stem33US 7,306,010 B2NIBCO Inc. · 2007
- Flexible seating structure for rotary valves30US 5,069,240 AHenry Pratt Company · 1991