A61C 1/186
With torque adjusting or limiting means
Official title: {with torque adjusting or limiting means}
A61C1/186 (With torque adjusting or limiting means) appears on 114 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 203
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 1 | 10 |
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| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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