F16D 3/221
The rolling members being located in sockets in one of the coupling
Official title: the rolling members being located in sockets in one of the coupling parts
F16D3/221 (The rolling members being located in sockets in one of the coupling) appears on 84 US grants and 62 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 62
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 120
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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