F01P 7/046
Using mechanical drives
Official title: {using mechanical drives}
F01P7/046 (Using mechanical drives) appears on 55 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01P- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 105
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Transmission device for driving a fan of a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine, associated cooling circuit, and vehicle21 Apr 2026US 12,607,142 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Transmission system with planetary gearing operable in forward and reverse modes24 Oct 2023US 11,795,862 B2Horton, Inc.
- Rotational drive unit for a fan7 Sep 2021US 11,111,850 B2Deere & Company
- Polygonal spring coupling19 Jan 2021US 10,895,286 B2Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
- Driven accessory9 Jan 2018US 9,863,486 B2BorgWarner Inc.
- Transmission device for driving a fan of a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine, associated cooling circuit, and vehicle26 Jun 2025US 2025/0207526 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Working machine17 Apr 2025US 2025/0121527 A1Makita Corporation
- Transmission system with planetary gearing operable in forward and reverse modes25 Aug 2022US 2022/0268198 A1Horton, Inc.
- Polygonal Spring Coupling30 Jul 2020US 2020/0240474 A1Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
- Rotational drive unit for a fan2 May 2019US 2019/0128180 A1Deere & Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Continuously variable fan drive clutch arrangement42US 5,667,045 ARockford Powertrain, Inc. · 1997
- Control apparatus for a rotary body for cooling an engine32US 5,224,446 AMazda Motor Corporation · 1993
- Electronic speed control for a variable speed fan drive27US 4,124,001 AFMC Corporation · 1978
- Multispeed drive for engine-cooling fan25US 6,013,003 ABaruffaldi S.p.A. · 2000
- Variable speed drive for engine cooling fans22US 4,899,861 ARockford Powertrain, Inc. · 1990