F16D 2037/004
Clutches in which the drive is transmitted through a medium consisting of
Official title: {characterised by multiple substantially axial gaps in which the fluid or medium consisting of small particles is arranged}
F16D2037/004 (Clutches in which the drive is transmitted through a medium consisting of) appears on 41 US grants and 46 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 46
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 77
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Exoskeleton, orthosis, wearable device or mobile robots using magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,558,239 B2Exonetik Inc.
- Tethered payload motion control and cable robot using magnetorheological actuators22 Apr 2025US 12,281,678 B2Exonetik Inc.
- System and method for operating magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus27 Feb 2024US 11,911,907 B2Exonetik Inc.
- Programmable magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus21 Nov 2023US 11,821,471 B2Exonetik Inc.
- Magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus with low permeability drums15 Nov 2022US 11,499,594 B2Exonetik Inc.
- Haptic actuator using magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185568 A1Exonetik Inc.
- Exoskeleton, orthosis, wearable device or mobile robots using magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus30 May 2024US 2024/0173149 A1Exonetik Inc.
- Programmable magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus8 Dec 2022US 2022/0389976 A1Exonetik Inc.
- Magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus with low permeability drums14 Oct 2021US 2021/0317883 A1Exonetik Inc.
- Antagonistically Driven Differential for Mechanical Actuator20 May 2021US 2021/0148445 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pump drivetrain damper system and control systems and methods for same206US 10,316,832 B2S,P.M. Flow Control, Inc. · 2019
- Liquid cooled magnetorheological fluid clutch for automotive transmissions89US 6,371,267 B1General Motors Corporation · 2002
- Viscous clutch assembly43US 5,960,918 ABehr America, Inc. · 1999
- Pump drivetrain damper system and control systems and methods for same32US 11,181,101 B2SPM Oil & Gas Inc. · 2021
- Viscous clutch assembly16US 6,032,772 ABehr America, Inc. · 2000