B25D 16/006
Mode changers
Official title: {Mode changers; Mechanisms connected thereto}
B25D16/006 (Mode changers) appears on 348 US grants and 379 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25D- Granted patents
- 348
- Published applications
- 379
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 572
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 | 21 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11 |
| 2008 | 12 | 13 |
| 2009 | 9 | 20 |
| 2010 | 15 | 20 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 |
| 2012 | 9 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 7 | 12 |
| 2015 | 9 | 15 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | 15 | 25 |
| 2019 | 15 | 24 |
| 2020 | 16 | 15 |
| 2021 | 23 | 24 |
| 2022 | 23 | 24 |
| 2023 | 20 | 16 |
| 2024 | 25 | 23 |
| 2025 | 17 | 12 |
| 2026 | 17 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Spindle lock and chipping mechanism for hammer drill1,525US 6,550,546 B2One World Technologies Limited · 2003
- Drilling and/or chiseling device1,050US 6,460,627 B1Hilti Aktiengesellschaft · 2002
- Hammer drill with a mode change-over mechanism112US 5,842,527 AMakita Corporation · 1998
- Hammer drill with a mode changeover mechanism100US 7,314,097 B2Black & Decker Inc. · 2008
- Dual-function electrical hand drill87US 5,451,127 A1995