F16D 3/387
Fork construction
Official title: {Fork construction; Mounting of fork on shaft; Adapting shaft for mounting of fork}
F16D3/387 (Fork construction) appears on 407 US grants and 297 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 407
- Published applications
- 297
- Assignees
- 185
- Inventors
- 712
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 15 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 10 |
| 2006 | 7 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 11 |
| 2008 | 9 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11 |
| 2014 | 9 | 22 |
| 2015 | 10 | 15 |
| 2016 | 12 | 16 |
| 2017 | 10 | 16 |
| 2018 | 13 | 14 |
| 2019 | 15 | 13 |
| 2020 | 7 | 14 |
| 2021 | 12 | 15 |
| 2022 | 19 | 15 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Yoke connections for universal joints319US 6,454,656 B2Meritor Heavy Vehicle Technology, LLC · 2002
- Drive shaft assembly and method for making same138US 4,248,062 AShakespeare Company · 1981
- Composite tubular structure63US 4,792,320 AA. O. Smith Corporation · 1988
- Automatic coupling device59US 4,859,110 ANeapco, Inc. · 1989
- Torque transmitting coupling with obtuse screw edge angles55US 4,645,473 A1987