Y10T 29/4984
Retaining clearance for motion between assembled parts
Y10T29/4984 (Retaining clearance for motion between assembled parts) appears on 1,987 US grants and 1,228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 1,987
- Published applications
- 1,228
- Assignees
- 978
- Inventors
- 2,758
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
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