F16D 3/405
Apparatus for assembling or dismantling
Official title: {Apparatus for assembling or dismantling}
F16D3/405 (Apparatus for assembling or dismantling) appears on 44 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 44
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Snap ring expander27 Jan 2026US 12,533,759 B1Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
- Assembly method and assembly apparatus for cross shaft universal joint22 Aug 2023US 11,732,758 B2Koyo Machine Industries Co., Ltd.
- Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for universal joint1 Jun 2021US 11,022,183 B2Jtekt Corporation
- Propeller shaft and yoke structure of universal joint used for the propeller shaft23 Jun 2020US 10,690,192 B2Hitachi Automotive Systems Hyushu, Ltd.
- Assembly method for cross shaft universal joint14 Jan 2020US 10,533,611 B2Nsk Ltd.
- Spring guided double cardan joint18 Aug 2022US 2022/0260120 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Assembly method and assembly apparatus for cross shaft universal joint8 Apr 2021US 2021/0102583 A1Koyo Machine Industries Co., Ltd.
- Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for universal joint30 Apr 2020US 2020/0132129 A1Jtekt Corporation
- Modular Tool For Assembling And Disassembling A Joint Assembly And Method Of Operation Thereof16 Jan 2020US 2020/0018354 A1Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
- Propeller Shaft and Yoke Structure of Universal Joint Used for the Propeller Shaft17 Oct 2019US 2019/0316636 A1Hitachi Automotive Systems Kyushu, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tool for removing and installing an automotive universal joint40US 4,977,660 A1990
- Universal joint dismantler22US 4,570,319 A1986
- Process and apparatus for assembling universal joints21US 4,558,502 ASKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH · 1985
- Apparatus for removing or mounting a bearing cup21US 5,836,078 ADana Corporation · 1998
- U-joint puller15US 4,893,395 A1990