D04C 3/38
Driving-gear
Official title: Driving-gear; Starting or stopping mechanisms
D04C3/38 (Driving-gear) appears on 61 US grants and 48 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04C- Granted patents
- 61
- Published applications
- 48
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 121
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Three dimensional braid18 Aug 2026US 12,709,828 B1A&P Technology, Inc.
- Braiding machine with a reserve zone11 Aug 2026US 12,703,935 B2Arianegroup SAS
- Braiding machine31 Mar 2026US 12,590,391 B2Fuse London Ltd
- Braided structures of complex geometry17 Feb 2026US 12,553,163 B1A&P Technology, Inc.
- Braiding machine with a reserve zone30 Dec 2025US 12,509,806 B2Arianegroup SAS
- Braiding fibers with programmably driven carriers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275593 A1James L. Gallagher, Inc.
- Braiding machine with a reserve zone25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389066 A1Arianegroup SAS
- Braiding machine with a reserve zone29 May 2025US 2025/0171937 A1Arianegroup SAS
- Braiding machine13 Feb 2025US 2025/0051981 A1Fuse London Ltd
- Braiding machines and carriers for braiding machines18 Apr 2024US 2024/0125019 A1Polyvalor, Limited Partnership
Most cited
By later US patents
- Braiding machine104US 4,034,642 ARockwell International Corporation · 1977
- Carrier transport device93US 6,045,319 AMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Drive mechanism77US 4,287,808 ANational Research Development Corporation · 1981
- Maypole braider having a three under and three over braiding path56US 5,257,571 A1993
- Three-dimensional fabric woven by interlacing threads with rotor driven carriers48US 5,067,525 AThree-D Composites Research Corporation · 1991