F16D 41/12
Freewheels or freewheel clutches: with hinged pawl co-operating with teeth, cogs, or
Official title: with hinged pawl co-operating with teeth, cogs, or the like (F16D41/02, F16D41/24 take precedence)
F16D41/12 (Freewheels or freewheel clutches: with hinged pawl co-operating with teeth, cogs, or) appears on 741 US grants and 713 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 713
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
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| 2026 | 8 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ratchet type clutch device14 Jul 2026US 12,680,580 B2NSK-Warner K. K.
- Bidirectional ratchet for adjusting strap on virtual reality headset2 Jun 2026US 12,645,257 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Freewheel hub for a bicycle19 May 2026US 12,631,224 B2SRAM Deutschland GmbH
- Shift system and method for power transmission assembly12 May 2026US 12,624,734 B2Means Industries, Inc.
- Freewheel device and freewheel clutch7 Apr 2026US 12,595,826 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Radial freewheel clutches and pawls24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287031 A1Means Industries, Inc.
- Shift system and method for power transmission assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287032 A1Means Industries, Inc.
- Resettable mechanical disconnect27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251186 A1Honeywell International Inc.
- Wearable assistance device with automatic clutch mechanism and method of use20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240675 A1Vanderbilt University
- Clutch system for a bicycle transmission13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235170 A1Classified Cycling B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compliant overrunning clutch with centrifugal throw-out163US 6,148,979 ABrigham Young University · 2000
- Overrunning planar clutch assembly131US 5,918,715 AMeans Industries, Inc. · 1999
- Controllable overrunning coupling126US 6,244,965 B1Means Industries, Inc. · 2001
- One way drive device122US 5,070,978 A1991
- Overrunning pawl clutch108US 5,927,455 AWarn Industries, Inc. · 1999