F16D 67/00
Combinations of couplings and brakes
Official title: Combinations of couplings and brakes; Combinations of clutches and brakes (combinations of couplings and clutches F16D47/02; conjoint control of brake systems and driveline clutches in vehicles B60W10/02, B60W10/18)
F16D67/00 (Combinations of couplings and brakes) appears on 793 US grants and 378 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reverse-input blocking clutch15 Sep 2026US 12,736,089 B2Nsk Ltd.
- Compact multi-function clutch8 Sep 2026US 12,729,736 B2Pt Tech, LLC
- No-back brake for a flight control actuation system and method16 Jun 2026US 12,654,845 B2The Boeing Company
- Reverse-input blocking clutch19 May 2026US 12,631,223 B2Nsk Ltd.
- Driven clutch for continuously variable transmission28 Apr 2026US 12,612,956 B2Polaris Industries Inc.
- Drive module of a motor vehicle and method for activating a brake and a clutch of a drive module20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243320 A1
- Driven clutch for continuously variable transmission20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243331 A1Polaris Industries Inc.
- A handheld battery powered chainsaw with a centrifugal clutch6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225280 A1Husqvarna AB
- Compact multi-function clutch18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168550 A1Pt Tech, LLC
- Reverse-input blocking clutch23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110343 A1Nsk Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chain saw braking mechanism127US 4,152,833 ACrow, Lytle, Gilwee, Donoghue, Adler and Weineger · 1979
- Linear liquid dispensing pump for dispensing liquid in nanoliter volumes124US 5,312,233 AIvek Corporation · 1994
- Bi-directional clutch114US 4,372,432 AGeneral Clutch Corporation · 1983
- Mower drive assembly106US 4,466,233 AThesman Industries, Inc. · 1984
- One-way rotary damper56US 5,460,252 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1995