F16D 13/72
Features relating to cooling
F16D13/72 (Features relating to cooling) appears on 411 US grants and 354 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 411
- Published applications
- 354
- Assignees
- 157
- Inventors
- 852
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
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| 2022 | 27 | 12 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Friction part for a frictionally working device13 Jan 2026US 12,523,263 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Friction plate having a groove pattern formed by means of friction lining pads26 Aug 2025US 12,398,764 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Method for manufacturing wet friction plate26 Aug 2025US 12,398,773 B2Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
- Method for forming a double layer wet friction material with cellulose layer22 Jul 2025US 12,366,275 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- In-shaft selective lube implementation for a wet clutch17 Jun 2025US 12,331,792 B1Dana Belgium N.V.
- High-pressure hydraulic clutch cooling system for work vehicles30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218761 A1Deere & Company
- Friction disc, multiplate clutch, transmission, and work machine23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210412 A1Komatsu Ltd.
- Transmission, in Particular for a Motor Vehicle25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177140 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Clutch device and motorcycle21 May 2026US 2026/0139713 A1Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
- All-Terrain Vehicle7 May 2026US 2026/0125132 A1Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid cooled magnetorheological fluid clutch for automotive transmissions89US 6,371,267 B1General Motors Corporation · 2002
- Multi-speed transmission and backing plate85US 8,821,336 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2014
- High capacity viscous pumping groove pattern for a wet clutch60US 5,101,953 ABorg-Warner Automotive Transmission & Engine Components Corporation · 1992
- Universal segmented friction clutch facing57US 5,460,255 ABorg-Warner Automotive, Inc. · 1995
- Variable pulley transmission54US 4,433,594 ABorg-Warner Corporation · 1984