F16D 43/14
With centrifugal masses actuating the clutching members directly in a direction which
Official title: with centrifugal masses actuating the clutching members directly in a direction which has at least a radial component; with centrifugal masses themselves being the clutching members
F16D43/14 (With centrifugal masses actuating the clutching members directly in a direction which) appears on 376 US grants and 264 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 264
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fixing device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,143 B2Deere & Company
- Centrifugal clutch mechanisms28 Apr 2026US 12,612,949 B2Techtronic Cordless GP
- Damping system for damping a movement of a flap of a vehicle10 Mar 2026US 12,571,245 B2Stabilus GmbH
- Transmission system for a hybrid drive unit11 Nov 2025US 12,466,251 B2Customachinery Inc.
- Electric vehicle with powertrain having reverse-acting centrifugal clutch4 Nov 2025US 12,459,352 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Centrifugal Force Enabled Clutch and Aircraft8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309196 A1Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Rotor, rotor attachment mechanism, centrifuge and corresponding methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233237 A1Thermo Electron LED GmbH
- A handheld battery powered chainsaw with a centrifugal clutch6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225280 A1Husqvarna AB
- Boat propulsion device and boat12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070640 A1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Parallel hybrid system with electric motor for vehicle12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042342 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotational atherectomy device with radially expandable prime mover coupling189US 6,129,734 AShturman Cardiology Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Compliant overrunning clutch with centrifugal throw-out163US 6,148,979 ABrigham Young University · 2000
- Rotational atherectomy device with exchangeable drive shaft cartridge90US 6,077,282 AShturman Cardiology Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Rotational atherectomy device with improved exchangeable drive shaft cartridge86US 6,024,749 AShturman Cardiology Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Position encoder for sliding door power drive system74US 5,039,925 AITT Corporation · 1991