F16D 2500/50239
Soft clutch engagement
F16D2500/50239 (Soft clutch engagement) appears on 94 US grants and 59 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 59
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 187
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Velocity-based control methods for a rotary disconnect system10 Mar 2026US 12,571,435 B2HUSCO Automotive Holdings LLC
- System and method for controlling dog clutch actuator28 May 2024US 11,994,175 B2Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
- Saddle-ride type vehicle comprising a clutch assembly and a control device for said clutch assembly19 Mar 2024US 11,933,374 B2PIAGGIO & C. S. p. A.
- Method for determining the biting point of a hybrid disconnect clutch of a hybrid vehicle7 Feb 2023US 11,572,058 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Synchronized electromagnetic single plate clutch system25 Oct 2022US 11,480,221 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Clutch control system and method for mitigating driveline shock loads and preventing mechanical failure11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377026 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Velocity-Based Control Methods for a Rotary Disconnect System18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240677 A1HUSCO Automotive Holdings LLC
- System and method for controlling dog clutch actuator25 Jan 2024US 2024/0026938 A1Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
- A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising a clutch assembly and a control device for said clutch assembly7 Sep 2023US 2023/0279910 A1PIAGGIO & C. S. p. A.
- Method for determining the biting point of a hybrid disconnect clutch of a hybrid vehicle1 Sep 2022US 2022/0274584 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dynamic clutch control885US 6,799,669 B2Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation · 2004
- Electronic control system for powershift transmission69US 4,855,913 AJ. I. Case Company · 1989
- Twin-clutch-type transmission54US 5,711,409 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Method and apparatus for slip mode control of automatic clutch49US 5,630,773 AEaton Corporation · 1997
- Electronic control system for powershift transmission with compensation for variation in supply voltage35US 5,053,960 AJ. I. Case Company · 1991