F04C 29/005
Means for transmitting movement from the prime mover to driven parts of
Official title: {Means for transmitting movement from the prime mover to driven parts of the pump, e.g. clutches, couplings, transmissions}
F04C29/005 (Means for transmitting movement from the prime mover to driven parts of) appears on 772 US grants and 757 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 757
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- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vortex compressor8 Sep 2026US 12,729,684 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Scroll compressors including ring-shaped counterweight assemblies1 Sep 2026US 12,723,587 B2Copeland Corporation
- Screw pump and its components4 Aug 2026US 12,698,769 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Power systems and enclosures having an improved compressor drive14 Jul 2026US 12,680,494 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Scroll compressor19 May 2026US 12,631,181 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
- Scroll vacuum pump and scroll vacuum pump system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298241 A1Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG
- Motorized device comprising a member with eccentric movement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298242 A1Sonceboz Motion Boncourt SA
- Co-rotating scroll compressor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251142 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jioshokki
- Armahn Rotary Pump27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251143 A1
- Co-rotating scroll compressor20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243256 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scroll compressor having a partition defining a discharge chamber67US 5,427,511 ACopeland Corporation · 1995
- Inertial balance system for a de-orbiting scroll in a scroll type fluid handling machine61US 5,282,728 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1994
- Scroll compressor having entraining members for radial movement of a scroll rib56US 6,398,530 B1BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH · 2002
- Positive displacement machine with elastic suspension54US 4,300,875 ALeybold-Heraeus GmbH · 1981
- Scroll fluid machine having oil-supply holes being formed through a reinforcement bearing plate on a rear surface of the orbiting scroll53US 7,404,706 B2Anest Iwata Corporation · 2008