F16D 65/14
Actuating mechanisms for brakes
Official title: Actuating mechanisms for brakes; Means for initiating operation at a predetermined position (brake control systems, parts thereof B60T)
F16D65/14 (Actuating mechanisms for brakes) appears on 3,492 US grants and 3,491 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 188 | 223 |
| 2025 | 189 | 216 |
| 2026 | 149 | 186 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Warped rotor detection6 Oct 2026US 12,752,763 B2Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Method for checking the functionality of an actuating unit, and actuating unit6 Oct 2026US 12,752,764 B2AUMOVIO Germany GmbH
- Electric cylinder device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,747 B2Advics Co., Ltd.
- Ball ramp drive for electromechanical brake8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309198 A1ZF Active Safety US Inc.
- Electromechanical Drum Brake1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296395 A1ZF Active Safety GmbH
- Dolly Clamp1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298298 A1Quanta Associates, L. P.
- Non-recirculating ball-nut drive for electromechanical brake1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298300 A1ZF Active Safety US Inc.
- Electromechanical braking system for a motor vehicle and method for operating an electromechanical braking system in a motor vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285273 A1thyssenkrupp AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Brake release mechanism and medical manipulator provided with same982US 10,064,639 B2KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG · 2018
- Brake monitoring system125US 6,352,137 B1Indian Head Industries, Inc. · 2002
- Harmonic electric actuator111US 4,398,110 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1983
- Brake actuating apparatus for a vehicle98US 5,348,123 AAkebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Brake apparatus for a motor driven saw blade97US 4,145,940 A1979