A61F 2005/0132
Additional features of the articulation
Official title: {Additional features of the articulation}
A61F2005/0132 (Additional features of the articulation) appears on 1,390 US grants and 1,537 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 83 | 84 |
| 2025 | 73 | 73 |
| 2026 | 68 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2005/0165With limits of movementIndexing code513
- A61F 2005/0137With two parallel pivotsIndexing code380
- A61F 2005/0179With spring meansIndexing code331
- A61F 2005/0172With cushionsIndexing code314
- A61F 2005/0155With actuating meansIndexing code268
- A61F 2005/0158With locking meansIndexing code247
- A61F 2005/0169With damping meansIndexing code144
- A61F 2005/0146Combining rotational and sliding movementsIndexing code119
All 13 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61F 2005/0134With two orthogonal pivotsIndexing code87
- A61F 2005/0144MultibarIndexing code63
- A61F 2005/0153Combining rotational and stretching movementsIndexing code47
- A61F 2005/0141With more than two parallel pivotsIndexing code36
- A61F 2005/0151Combining rotational and torsional movementsIndexing code20
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