B25J 17/0275
Universal joints
Official title: {Universal joints, e.g. Hooke, Cardan, ball joints}
B25J17/0275 (Universal joints) appears on 195 US grants and 149 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 195
- Published applications
- 149
- Assignees
- 133
- Inventors
- 395
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 9 |
| 2017 | 3 | 12 |
| 2018 | 3 | 12 |
| 2019 | 11 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 |
| 2022 | 11 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Shape-memory effector assemblies16 Jun 2026US 12,654,340 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Humanoid robot21 Apr 2026US 12,605,824 B2Figure Ai Inc.
- Joint mechanism3 Feb 2026US 12,539,623 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus for transporting substrate, system for processing substrate, and method of transporting substrate14 Oct 2025US 12,440,971 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Buffer assembly and manipulator5 Aug 2025US 12,377,558 B2Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Wrist mechanism for a robot arm6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225266 A1Boston Dynamics AI Institute LLC
- Robot joint structure and robot30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216901 A1Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Special equipment safety supervision inspection institute of jiangsu province23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208374 A1Nanjing Institute Of Technology
- Driving module4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151922 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Orbit actuator7 May 2026US 2026/0124743 A1C&P R&D Company
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Method of creating an image of an anatomical feature where the feature is within a patient's body971US 5,749,362 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1998
- Robotic system for positioning a surgical instrument relative to a patient's body956US 5,572,999 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1996
- Signaling device and method for monitoring positions in a surgical operation817US 5,279,309 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1994
- System for advising a surgeon726US 5,445,166 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995