F02F 7/0012
Crankcases of v-engines
Official title: {Crankcases of V-engines}
F02F7/0012 (Crankcases of v-engines) appears on 130 US grants and 76 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02F- Granted patents
- 130
- Published applications
- 76
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 285
- Latest grant
- 13 May 2025
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2017 | 10 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Engine and flywheel housing13 May 2025US 12,297,790 B2Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid cam bore sand core with metal chills for cast aluminum block17 Jan 2023US 11,554,413 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Internal combustion engine13 Apr 2021US 10,975,787 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Internal combustion engine having structural frame2 Mar 2021US 10,934,969 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Lubricant coolers for marine engines8 Dec 2020US 10,858,974 B1Brunswick Corporation
- Ladder frame for engine23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110276 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Engine and flywheel housing14 Sep 2023US 2023/0287846 A1Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid cam bore sand core with metal chills for cast aluminum block4 Aug 2022US 2022/0241851 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Internal combustion engine30 Apr 2020US 2020/0132005 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Cylinder block structure of engine23 Jan 2020US 2020/0025126 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Offset crankshaft engine43US 6,058,901 AFord Global Technologies, LLC · 2000
- Low vibration polymeric composite engine29US 5,370,087 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1994
- Method of making a cast aluminum based engine block28US 4,446,906 AFord Motor Company · 1984
- Lubricant feed system for use in the journal of a crankshaft25US 4,622,933 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1986
- Two-cycle V-engine with integrally cast exhaust manifold22US 4,346,676 ABrunswick Corporation · 1982