F16D 3/10
Couplings with means for varying the angular relationship of two coaxial shafts
Official title: Couplings with means for varying the angular relationship of two coaxial shafts during motion
F16D3/10 (Couplings with means for varying the angular relationship of two coaxial shafts) appears on 229 US grants and 165 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 229
- Published applications
- 165
- Assignees
- 153
- Inventors
- 475
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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| 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable camshaft timing for internal combustion engine95US 5,107,804 ABorg-Warner Automotive Transmission & Engine Components Corporation · 1992
- Variable camshaft timing for internal combustion engine93US 5,002,023 ABorg-Warner Automotive, Inc. · 1991
- Variable valve timing mechanism for internal combustion engine62US 5,738,056 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Differential pressure control system for variable camshaft timing system60US 5,172,659 ABorg-Warner Automotive Transmission & Engine Components Corporation · 1992
- Belt driven variable camshaft timing system49US 5,361,735 ABorg-Warner Automotive Transmission & Engine Components Corporation · 1994