Y10T 403/32032
Plural ball and socket
Y10T403/32032 (Plural ball and socket) appears on 147 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 147
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 276
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 12 |
| 2004 | 9 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 8 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Double ball and socket joint10 Mar 2026US 12,571,422 B2A & E Incorporated
- Flex connection system26 Sep 2023US 11,767,878 B1Aerostar International, LLC
- Ball and socket joint for device enclosure2 Nov 2021US 11,162,527 B2Lilitab LLC
- Methods for modeling tubing runs27 Jul 2021US 11,074,375 B2The Boeing Company
- Flex connection system9 Jun 2020US 10,676,170 B1Loon LLC
- Double ball and socket joint10 Oct 2024US 2024/0337285 A1A & E Incorporated
- Light-and-shadow decoration2 Mar 2023US 2023/0061205 A1
- Methods for modeling tubing runs9 Jan 2020US 2020/0012760 A1The Boeing Company
- Ball and Socket Joint for Device Enclosure14 Nov 2019US 2019/0345974 A1Lilitab LLC
- System and methods for directing plant growth27 Sep 2018US 2018/0271028 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible, articulable column2,006US 5,348,259 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Articulating curved cutter stapler1,727US 7,766,207 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Transformable linked self-assembly system488US 9,004,799 B12015
- Articulable column430US 4,949,927 A1990
- Arm device for adjustable positioning of a medical instrument or the like394US 4,863,133 ALeonard Medical · 1989