A47J 42/46
Driving mechanisms
Official title: Driving mechanisms; Coupling to drives
A47J42/46 (Driving mechanisms) appears on 122 US grants and 165 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 165
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 257
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 | 13 |
| 2022 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 11 | 20 |
| 2024 | 16 | 11 |
| 2025 | 13 | 17 |
| 2026 | 11 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Juice extractor quick connect/disconnect coupling38US 4,700,621 ASunbeam Corporation · 1987
- Precision coffee grinder29US 4,605,175 AWebston Incorporated · 1986
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