F16D 3/02
Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during
Official title: adapted to specific functions
F16D3/02 (Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during) appears on 1,734 US grants and 1,572 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 1,734
- Published applications
- 1,572
- Assignees
- 786
- Inventors
- 3,384
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 30 | 11 |
| 2002 | 18 | 12 |
| 2003 | 17 | 25 |
| 2004 | 20 | 36 |
| 2005 | 20 | 25 |
| 2006 | 14 | 49 |
| 2007 | 21 | 48 |
| 2008 | 24 | 35 |
| 2009 | 27 | 34 |
| 2010 | 17 | 45 |
| 2011 | 34 | 33 |
| 2012 | 37 | 32 |
| 2013 | 38 | 53 |
| 2014 | 30 | 73 |
| 2015 | 66 | 110 |
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| 2017 | 86 | 126 |
| 2018 | 94 | 91 |
| 2019 | 101 | 107 |
| 2020 | 81 | 119 |
| 2021 | 82 | 112 |
| 2022 | 108 | 83 |
| 2023 | 87 | 65 |
| 2024 | 77 | 45 |
| 2025 | 51 | 54 |
| 2026 | 31 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16D 3/06Specially adapted to allow axial displacement732
- F16D 3/12Specially adapted for accumulation of energy to absorb shocks or vibration452
- F16D 3/10Couplings with means for varying the angular relationship of two coaxial shafts229
- F16D 3/04Specially adapted to allow radial displacement225
- F16D 3/14Combined with a friction coupling for damping vibration or absorbing shock70
- F16D 3/08Couplings for intersecting shafts, provided with intermediate bars bent in an angle23
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