F16D 55/38
Mechanically actuated
Official title: mechanically actuated
F16D55/38 (Mechanically actuated) appears on 122 US grants and 104 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 104
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 251
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Integrated actuator plate for ebrake23 Jun 2026US 12,662,093 B2Goodrich Corporation
- Brake device, industrial robot and method23 Jun 2026US 12,663,049 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- Brake device, drive unit, and industrial device17 Mar 2026US 12,577,992 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- Use of profiled reaction face in hybrid torque bar applications10 Feb 2026US 12,545,398 B2Goodrich Corporation
- Friction disk and brake21 Oct 2025US 12,449,010 B2Altra Industrial Motion (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Braking device and vehicle driving device including the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274238 A1Aisin Corporation
- Braking system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192789 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Device, system, and method30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116527 A1Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
- Braking System19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049641 A1KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
- Brake assembly for work machine22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022747 A1Caterpillar Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination no-back brake and torque limiter assembly46US 4,176,733 ASundstrand Corporation · 1979
- Wet disc brake mechanism43US 5,050,710 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1991
- Wet disc brake37US 5,174,420 AClark Equipment Company · 1992
- Drive device with variable torque-limiting system31US 5,199,538 AZahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG · 1993
- Planetary gearbox with integral service brake29US 8,662,277 B2Fairfield Manufacturing Company, Inc. · 2014