F16C 11/0695
Mounting of ball-joints
Official title: {Mounting of ball-joints, e.g. fixing them to a connecting rod}
F16C11/0695 (Mounting of ball-joints) appears on 267 US grants and 299 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 267
- Published applications
- 299
- Assignees
- 201
- Inventors
- 576
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
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| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2017 | 11 | 28 |
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| 2019 | 27 | 28 |
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| 2021 | 31 | 25 |
| 2022 | 14 | 18 |
| 2023 | 21 | 17 |
| 2024 | 14 | 13 |
| 2025 | 17 | 16 |
| 2026 | 8 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Suspension for a vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,792 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Control arm and adjustable ball joint2 Jun 2026US 12,643,359 B2RB Distribution, Inc.
- Assembly comprising stud member with anti-slipping feature12 May 2026US 12,623,504 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Dock for surgical equipment holder21 Apr 2026US 12,605,227 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Arm member14 Apr 2026US 12,600,186 B2Somic Management Holdings Inc.
- Chassis component17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274023 A1ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Dock for surgical equipment holder27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248585 A1
- Electronic device assembly and ball joint holder thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235157 A1Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Ball-joint assembly of a crank and a connecting rod of a windshield wiper module30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217224 A1Valeo Systemes D/Essuyage
- Assembly tooling and method of assembling a plain bearing unit14 May 2026US 2026/0132821 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adapter with centering mechanism for articulation joint671US 10,299,790 B2Covidien LP · 2019
- Adjustable tie rod assembly54US 3,938,822 AFord Motor Company · 1976
- Ball joint link52US 5,615,967 AMacLean-Fogg Company · 1997
- Self-locking plug-in stabilizer bar links52US 6,076,840 AAmerican Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. · 2000
- Vehicle suspension assembly, and methods of use and manufacture thereof39US 10,207,554 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2019