F16D 66/00
Arrangements for monitoring working conditions
Official title: Arrangements for monitoring working conditions, e.g. wear, temperature
F16D66/00 (Arrangements for monitoring working conditions) appears on 1,609 US grants and 1,511 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 1,609
- Published applications
- 1,511
- Assignees
- 671
- Inventors
- 3,380
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 91 | 89 |
| 2025 | 88 | 95 |
| 2026 | 61 | 81 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16D 66/02Apparatus for indicating wear780
- F16D 2066/003Position, angle or speedIndexing code446
- F16D 2066/005Force, torque, stress or strainIndexing code426
- F16D 2066/001TemperatureIndexing code336
- F16D 2066/006Without direct measurement of the quantity monitoredIndexing code250
- F16D 2066/008Arrangements for monitoring working conditions: of clutchesIndexing code13
Recent patents
- Electro-mechanical brake and control method therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,752,751 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Warped rotor detection6 Oct 2026US 12,752,763 B2Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Rail monitoring system, method and devices29 Sep 2026US 12,746,907 B2Pennsy Digital Inc.
- Brake system for a conveyor system, method for detecting a brake of a conveyor system, and controller29 Sep 2026US 12,747,138 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Temperature sensor and disc brake having the same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,765 B2Hl Mando Corporation
- Method for obtaining information on the wear condition of a vehicle braking system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309199 A1
- Electromechanical Drum Brake1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296395 A1ZF Active Safety GmbH
- 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
- Electric braking device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285279 A1Advics Co., Ltd.
- System for monitoring the status of a braking system, method for estimating of thermal properties of a braking element and method for estimating of thermal exchange parameters of a braking system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285282 A1ITT Italia S.r.l.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Monitoring method and apparatus for a brake system of heavy-duty vehicles141US 4,964,679 ALucas Industries public limited company · 1990
- Brake monitoring system125US 6,352,137 B1Indian Head Industries, Inc. · 2002
- System and method for aircraft braking system usage monitoring112US 6,659,233 B2Hydro-Aire, Inc. · 2003
- Brake failure monitoring system105US 5,791,441 A1998
- Electronic brake monitoring system and method103US 4,937,554 APACCAR Inc · 1990