B62M 9/16
Tensioning or adjusting equipment for chains, belts or the like
B62M9/16 (Tensioning or adjusting equipment for chains, belts or the like) appears on 247 US grants and 242 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62M- Granted patents
- 247
- Published applications
- 242
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 378
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 10 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 9 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 12 | 14 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 17 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9 |
| 2020 | 12 | 10 |
| 2021 | 13 | 22 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12 |
| 2023 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024 | 19 | 16 |
| 2025 | 12 | 22 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Sprung bicycle119US 5,354,085 A1994
- Motorcycle83US 8,827,024 B1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2014
- Bicycle with trailing arm wheel suspensions71US 5,413,368 ACannondale Corporation · 1995
- Device for preventing derailment of a bicycle chain52US 5,725,450 A1998
- Chain tensioner for chain drives47US 4,069,719 A1978