F16D 3/26
Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which
Official title: Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected (F16D3/18, F16D3/20 take precedence)
F16D3/26 (Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which) appears on 1,269 US grants and 837 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 1,269
- Published applications
- 837
- Assignees
- 480
- Inventors
- 1,780
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 |
| 1985 | 35 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 41 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 10 |
| 2002 | 22 | 26 |
| 2003 | 26 | 41 |
| 2004 | 26 | 53 |
| 2005 | 29 | 24 |
| 2006 | 32 | 43 |
| 2007 | 24 | 30 |
| 2008 | 25 | 32 |
| 2009 | 17 | 30 |
| 2010 | 19 | 18 |
| 2011 | 14 | 17 |
| 2012 | 29 | 14 |
| 2013 | 17 | 28 |
| 2014 | 23 | 45 |
| 2015 | 24 | 40 |
| 2016 | 33 | 45 |
| 2017 | 30 | 40 |
| 2018 | 35 | 49 |
| 2019 | 49 | 47 |
| 2020 | 23 | 43 |
| 2021 | 42 | 50 |
| 2022 | 44 | 40 |
| 2023 | 31 | 24 |
| 2024 | 32 | 19 |
| 2025 | 27 | 16 |
| 2026 | 13 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16D 3/38With a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two961
- F16D 3/30In which the coupling is specially adapted to constant velocity-ratio212
- F16D 3/44The intermediate member being connected to the coupling parts by ridges, pins53
- F16D 3/265In which one coupling part has a tongue received with the intermediate35
- F16D 3/28In which the interconnecting pivots include elastic members35
- F16D 3/36In which each pivot between the coupling parts and the intermediate member11
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