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  3. /Y10 · Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  4. /Y10T · Technical subjects covered by former us classification
  5. /Y10T 137/00 · Fluid handling
  6. /Y10T 137/4238 · Fluid handling: with cleaner, lubrication added to fluid or liquid sealing at
  7. /Y10T 137/4358 · Liquid supplied at valve interface
  8. /Y10T 137/4449
Y10T 137/4449

Gravity or capillary feed

Y10T137/4449 (Gravity or capillary feed) appears on 7 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification
  4. Y10T 137/00Fluid handling
  5. Y10T 137/4238Fluid handling: with cleaner, lubrication added to fluid or liquid sealing at
  6. Y10T 137/4358Liquid supplied at valve interface
  7. Y10T 137/4449Gravity or capillary feed
Granted patents
7
Published applications
1
Assignees
3
Inventors
18
Latest grant
27 Apr 2010

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10T 137/4449: granted patents and published applications per publication year
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1976198619962010

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Microfluidic gravity pump with constant flow rate27 Apr 2010US 7,704,728 B2University of Michigan
  • Dispersion nozzle with variable throughput7 Mar 2006US 7,007,711 B1Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
  • Rotary valve having a fluid bearing11 May 1999US 5,901,737 A
  • Piston type compressor with a rotary suction valve6 Dec 1994US 5,370,506 AKabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
  • Shutoff device16 Jun 1981US 4,273,156 A
  • Microfluidic gravity pump with constant flow rate22 May 2003US 2003/0096405 A1University of Michigan

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Piston type compressor with a rotary suction valve9US 5,370,506 AKabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho · 1994
  • Rotary valve having a fluid bearing9US 5,901,737 A1999
  • Air tool lubricator6US 3,977,496 A1976
  • Dispersion nozzle with variable throughput2US 7,007,711 B1Bayer Aktiengesellschaft · 2006
  • Shutoff device1US 4,273,156 A1981

Top assignees

Documents
  • University of Michigan2
  • Bayer Aktiengesellschaft1
  • TJKabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho1

Often classified with

  • F04BPositive-displacement machines for liquids3
  • B01LChemical or physical laboratory apparatus for general use2
  • C12MApparatus for enzymology or microbiology2
  • F16NLubricating2
  • B01FMixing1
  • F16KValves1
  • F25BRefrigeration machines, plants or systems1
  • F27DDetails or accessories of furnaces, kilns, ovens or retorts, in so far1

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