F16C 33/46
Cages for rollers or needles
F16C33/46 (Cages for rollers or needles) appears on 1,313 US grants and 1,183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 1,313
- Published applications
- 1,183
- Assignees
- 323
- Inventors
- 2,121
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 23 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 9 |
| 2002 | 20 | 22 |
| 2003 | 24 | 26 |
| 2004 | 25 | 29 |
| 2005 | 19 | 36 |
| 2006 | 18 | 33 |
| 2007 | 21 | 44 |
| 2008 | 18 | 44 |
| 2009 | 18 | 47 |
| 2010 | 30 | 59 |
| 2011 | 33 | 50 |
| 2012 | 39 | 46 |
| 2013 | 41 | 63 |
| 2014 | 63 | 63 |
| 2015 | 70 | 88 |
| 2016 | 60 | 82 |
| 2017 | 61 | 61 |
| 2018 | 50 | 66 |
| 2019 | 77 | 51 |
| 2020 | 65 | 63 |
| 2021 | 50 | 44 |
| 2022 | 25 | 30 |
| 2023 | 25 | 30 |
| 2024 | 29 | 38 |
| 2025 | 26 | 35 |
| 2026 | 18 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16C 33/4617Massive or moulded cages having cage pockets surrounding the rollers517
- F16C 33/54Made from wire, strips, or sheet metal335
- F16C 33/467Details of individual pockets332
- F16C 33/4605Details of interaction of cage and race268
- F16C 33/50Formed of interconnected members152
- F16C 33/48For multiple rows of rollers or needles151
- F16C 33/56Selection of substances141
- F16C 33/51Formed of unconnected members122
All 13 subgroupsShow fewer
- F16C 33/49Comb-shaped107
- F16C 33/52With no part entering between, or touching, the bearing surfaces of the77
- F16C 33/4694Single-split roller or needle cages71
- F16C 33/4611With hybrid structure, i.e. with parts made of distinct materials61
- F16C 33/4688With rolling elements with smaller diameter than the load carrying rollers11
Recent patents
- Axial rolling bearing unit with rolling bodies, which are arranged between annular axial bearing washers, and a functionally integrated bearing cage6 Oct 2026US 12,753,798 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Axial roller bearing assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,742,474 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Mechanical roller bearing8 Sep 2026US 12,729,723 B2Safran Aircraft Engines
- Bearing cage and roller bearing including the cage25 Aug 2026US 12,716,453 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Structure of one-way bearing11 Aug 2026US 12,704,157 B2
- Large scale spherical roller bearing having radially offset cage bars17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276036 A1
- Cage for a rolling element bearing10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266334 A1Apo-Gee Engineering
- Cage for a spherical roller bearing having retention feature20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243304 A1
- Cage for cylindrical roller bearing23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210402 A1BEARING ART Corp.
- Roller bearing9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194048 A1Ntn Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission116US 6,942,593 B2Nsk Ltd. · 2005
- Rolling-contact bearing containing solid lubricant therein116US 7,234,873 B2Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd. · 2007
- Resin molded article65US 6,702,469 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2004
- Chain of rolling elements chain arrangement57US 6,364,086 B1Rexroth Star GmbH · 2002
- Composition having lubricity and product comprising the composition55US 6,569,816 B2Ntn Corporation · 2003