F16C 9/02
Crankshaft bearings
F16C9/02 (Crankshaft bearings) appears on 471 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 471
- Published applications
- 429
- Assignees
- 186
- Inventors
- 909
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 11 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 15 | 18 |
| 2005 | 12 | 13 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 12 | 13 |
| 2008 | 7 | 12 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14 |
| 2010 | 4 | 22 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 15 | 17 |
| 2013 | 16 | 18 |
| 2014 | 17 | 18 |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 |
| 2016 | 20 | 36 |
| 2017 | 23 | 39 |
| 2018 | 41 | 31 |
| 2019 | 31 | 32 |
| 2020 | 29 | 24 |
| 2021 | 20 | 21 |
| 2022 | 14 | 10 |
| 2023 | 13 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Oil pan for internal combustion engine3 Mar 2026US 12,565,852 B2Arctic Cat Inc.
- Half thrust bearing27 Jan 2026US 12,535,100 B2Daido Metal Company Ltd.
- Method for increasing wear resistance of surface of crankshaft using ceramic coating23 Dec 2025US 12,503,772 B2Shandong Tianrun Zhongcheng Additive Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Zero endplay crankshaft14 Oct 2025US 12,442,413 B2Cummins Inc.
- Half thrust bearing13 May 2025US 12,297,870 B2Daido Metal Company Ltd.
- Large scale spherical roller bearing having radially offset cage bars17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276036 A1
- Oil pan for internal combustion engine9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194004 A1Arctic Cat Inc.
- Bearing apparatus for crankshaft of internal combustion engine15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016048 A1Daido Metal Company Ltd.
- Small end bush lubrication25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389213 A1Perkins Engines Company Limited
- 4-stroke 3-cylinder engine17 Apr 2025US 2025/0122817 A1Polaris Industries Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of making a split bearing assembly55US 4,569,109 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1986
- Split bearing assemblies51US 4,684,267 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1987
- Sliding structure for a reciprocating internal combustion engine and a reciprocating internal combustion engine using the sliding structure33US 6,739,238 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Reduced flow bearing32US 5,009,522 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1991
- Flanged bearings32US 5,520,466 AT&N Technology Limited · 1996