Y10T 403/32196
Articulate joint is ball and socket
Y10T403/32196 (Articulate joint is ball and socket) appears on 197 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 197
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 385
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
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| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Swivel hanger23 Dec 2025US 12,504,039 B2Black & Decker Inc.
- Connection lock for prefabricated components25 Mar 2025US 12,258,989 B2Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Coupling apparatus18 Feb 2025US 12,228,170 B1
- Ball pin19 Sep 2023US 11,761,477 B2Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
- Boss with internal bearing28 Jun 2022US 11,371,659 B2Hexagon Technology AS
- Rein Safety Connector Device29 Aug 2024US 2024/0286886 A1
- Multidirectional Tilting Mechanism and a Method of Operating the Same4 Jan 2024US 2024/0001980 A1Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
- Connection lock for prefabricated components19 May 2022US 2022/0154449 A1Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Chair backrest swing structure10 Feb 2022US 2022/0039557 A1Zhejiang Sunon Furniture Manufacture Co., Ltd.
- Ball pin11 Mar 2021US 2021/0071708 A1Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Extendable guidewire for vascular procedures294US 4,966,163 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1990
- Fixing device for inside rearview mirror178US 5,439,305 AMetagal Industria E Comercio Ltds. · 1995
- Device for a ball-and-socket joint type connection of two members120US 7,121,755 B2Synthes USA, LLC · 2006
- Pivotally extensible display device89US 6,302,612 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001
- Expandable and contractable arms78US 4,712,969 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1987