F16D 2003/846
Venting arrangements for flexible seals
Official title: {Venting arrangements for flexible seals, e.g. ventilation holes}
F16D2003/846 (Venting arrangements for flexible seals) appears on 59 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 89
- Latest grant
- 28 Jan 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Axial plunging half-shaft assembly28 Jan 2025US 12,208,644 B2Textron Inc.
- Center shaft vented CVJ30 Jul 2024US 12,049,930 B2Ntn Bearing Corporation of America
- Axial plunging half-shaft assembly1 Aug 2023US 11,712,925 B2Textron Inc.
- Purging dust boot13 Dec 2022US 11,524,540 B2RB Distribution, Inc.
- Vehicle driveline joint including a vent and seal assembly20 Sep 2022US 11,448,265 B2Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
- Axial plunging half-shaft assembly24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128544 A1Textron Inc.
- Axial plunging half-shaft assembly19 Oct 2023US 2023/0331041 A1Textron Inc.
- Center shaft vented cvj6 Apr 2023US 2023/0109000 A1Ntn Bearing Corporation of America
- Bi-directional filtering air circulation cover for cardan shafts22 Jul 2021US 2021/0222739 A1Tirsan Kardan Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
- Propshaft With Vented Slinger14 Jan 2021US 2021/0010542 A1American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Yoke shaft for a vehicular driveshaft assembly42US 5,716,276 ADana Corporation · 1998
- Venting arrangement for stroking universal joint38US 4,224,808 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1980
- Constant velocity joint vent valve36US 6,988,949 B2GKN Driveline North America, Inc. · 2006
- Drive shaft assembly for motor vehicles32US 4,556,400 AUni-Cardan Aktiengesellschaft · 1985
- Universal joint with bellows seal and vent30US 4,559,025 AAutomobiles Citroen · 1985