Company Analysis

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (AIT)

NYSE: AIT · Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies · Cleveland, OH · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

23 patents granted to the 8 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
23
23 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 1 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
9
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a subsidiary, its own name, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Mechanical elements3
Engines, pumps, turbines3
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Applied Automation, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 granted
0 published
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
1 published
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 published
Appliedus Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Bearings, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Cangro Industries, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Fluidtech Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Hydra Dyne Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 18, 202512,228,067Fan speed control system for engine coolingEngines, pumps, turbinesApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Nov 12, 202412,140,163Hydraulic braking energy utilization for emergency steering, braking, charging accumulator(s), and/or work functions to reduce or prevent engine from overspeed, assist acceleration and/or unlimited towingMechanical elementsApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Jun 13, 202311,674,532Hydraulic braking energy utilization for emergency steering, braking, charging accumulator(s), and/or work functions to reduce or prevent engine from overspeed, assist acceleration and/or unlimited towingMechanical elementsApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Apr 4, 202311,619,161Fan speed control system for engine coolingEngines, pumps, turbinesApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Mar 28, 202311,614,020Fan speed control algorithm for engine coolingEngines, pumps, turbinesApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Oct 26, 202111,156,237Hydraulic braking emergency utilization for steering, braking, charging accumulator(s), and/or work functions to reduce or prevent engine from overspeed, assist acceleration and/or unlimited towingMechanical elementsApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Sep 7, 20107,790,332Fuel cells and methods of manufacturing the sameElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyAppliedus Corporation
Jul 3, 20016,255,648Programmed electron fluxElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyApplied Automation, Inc.
Jul 2, 19965,531,316Conveyor belt and method of making sameOther special machinesBearings, Inc.
Jan 16, 19904,894,145Automatic control of feedstock vacuum towersChemical engineeringApplied Automation, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 22, 20252025/0163842FAN SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENGINE COOLINGEngines, pumps, turbinesApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Feb 13, 20252025/0052260HYDRAULIC BRAKING ENERGY UTILIZATION FOR EMERGENCY STEERING, BRAKING, CHARGING ACCUMULATOR(S), AND/OR WORK FUNCTIONS TO REDUCE OR PREVENT ENGINE FROM OVERSPEED, ASSIST ACCELERATION AND/OR UNLIMITED TOWINGMechanical elementsApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Sep 14, 20232023/0287907HYDRAULIC BRAKING ENERGY UTILIZATION FOR EMERGENCY STEERING, BRAKING, CHARGING ACCUMULATOR(S), AND/OR WORK FUNCTIONS TO REDUCE OR PREVENT ENGINE FROM OVERSPEED, ASSIST ACCELERATION AND/OR UNLIMITED TOWINGMechanical elementsApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc. · patent 12,140,163 granted from it
Jul 27, 20232023/0235694FAN SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENGINE COOLINGEngines, pumps, turbinesApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc. · patent 12,228,067 granted from it
Oct 7, 20212021/0310502HYDRAULIC BRAKING ENERGY UTILIZATION FOR EMERGENCY STEERING, BRAKING, CHARGING ACCUMULATOR(S), AND/OR WORK FUNCTIONS TO REDUCE OR PREVENT ENGINE FROM OVERSPEED, ASSIST ACCELERATION AND/OR UNLIMITED TOWINGMechanical elementsApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc. · patent 11,674,532 granted from it
Mar 19, 20202020/0088087Fan Speed Control Algorithm For Engine CoolingEngines, pumps, turbinesApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc. · patent 11,614,020 granted from it
May 9, 20192019/0136877Hydraulic Braking Emergency Utilization for Steering, Braking, Charging Accumulators(s), and/or Work Functions to Reduce or Prevent Engine from Overspeed, Assist Acceleration and/or Unlimited TowingMechanical elementsApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc. · patent 11,156,237 granted from it
Nov 15, 20182018/0328261Fan Speed Control System For Engine CoolingEngines, pumps, turbinesApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc. · patent 11,619,161 granted from it
Jan 3, 20082008/0003481Novel fuel cells and methods of manufacturing the sameElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyAppliedus Corporation · patent 7,790,332 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Mechanical elements 1 · Engines, pumps, turbines 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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