F16D 1/00
Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements
Official title: Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements (attachment of wheels to axles for railway carriages B60B; for attachment of cranks to their shafts F16C3/10)
F16D1/00 (Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements) appears on 4,442 US grants and 3,459 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 4,442
- Published applications
- 3,459
- Assignees
- 2,017
- Inventors
- 8,121
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 54 | 0 |
| 1977 | 37 | 0 |
| 1978 | 52 | 0 |
| 1979 | 30 | 0 |
| 1980 | 53 | 0 |
| 1981 | 51 | 0 |
| 1982 | 51 | 0 |
| 1983 | 54 | 0 |
| 1984 | 64 | 0 |
| 1985 | 66 | 0 |
| 1986 | 84 | 0 |
| 1987 | 75 | 0 |
| 1988 | 66 | 0 |
| 1989 | 84 | 0 |
| 1990 | 91 | 0 |
| 1991 | 72 | 0 |
| 1992 | 68 | 0 |
| 1993 | 66 | 0 |
| 1994 | 64 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 88 | 0 |
| 1997 | 73 | 0 |
| 1998 | 71 | 0 |
| 1999 | 64 | 0 |
| 2000 | 82 | 0 |
| 2001 | 76 | 24 |
| 2002 | 80 | 79 |
| 2003 | 63 | 81 |
| 2004 | 65 | 95 |
| 2005 | 48 | 77 |
| 2006 | 59 | 99 |
| 2007 | 50 | 92 |
| 2008 | 47 | 126 |
| 2009 | 61 | 121 |
| 2010 | 74 | 131 |
| 2011 | 73 | 125 |
| 2012 | 92 | 129 |
| 2013 | 109 | 144 |
| 2014 | 131 | 197 |
| 2015 | 155 | 208 |
| 2016 | 146 | 206 |
| 2017 | 187 | 228 |
| 2018 | 170 | 215 |
| 2019 | 222 | 199 |
| 2020 | 159 | 198 |
| 2021 | 160 | 139 |
| 2022 | 164 | 154 |
| 2023 | 133 | 140 |
| 2024 | 146 | 108 |
| 2025 | 107 | 91 |
| 2026 | 59 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16D 1/06Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements2,714
- F16D 1/10Quick-acting couplings in which the parts are connected by simply bringing them1,822
- F16D 1/02Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements609
- F16D 1/12Allowing adjustment of the parts about the axis102
Recent patents
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- Shaft coupling25 Aug 2026US 12,716,456 B2Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Interchangable wheel hub modules18 Aug 2026US 12,709,154 B2Warn Automotive, LLC
- Axle service disconnect with shaft support8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309192 A1Magna Powertrain of America, Inc.
- Shaft Connector Systems and Methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276042 A1AWC Frac Valves Inc.
- Laundry treatment apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258594 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Shaft-hub assembly3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258843 A1Stabilus GmbH
- Gear-reducing device and gear-motor and vehicle provided with gear-reducing device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254316 A1Pmp Pro-Mec S. P. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical device adapter with wrist mechanism1,269US 9,295,522 B2Covidien LP · 2016
- Rapid fastener of the bayonet type1,248US 4,943,182 AECIA-Equipments et Composants pour l'Industrie Automobile · 1990
- Coupling member configured for use with surgical devices1,008US 9,757,129 B2Covidien LP · 2017
- Medical device adapter with wrist mechanism794US 10,390,897 B2Covidien LP · 2019
- Surgical instrument arrangement and drive train arrangement for a surgical instrument, in particular a robot-guided surgical instrument, and surgical instrument727US 9,775,678 B2KUKA Roboter GmbH · 2017