F16D 9/00
Couplings with safety member for disconnecting
Official title: Couplings with safety member for disconnecting, e.g. breaking or melting member
F16D9/00 (Couplings with safety member for disconnecting) appears on 328 US grants and 267 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 328
- Published applications
- 267
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 674
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2008 | 4 | 16 |
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| 2022 | 16 | 8 |
| 2023 | 13 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 | 18 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Disconnector system for disconnecting a drive shaft11 Aug 2026US 12,704,156 B2General Electric Company
- Predetermined breaking body for a shaft of a machine, shaft having a predetermined breaking body, and machine having a shaft of this type21 Jul 2026US 12,687,203 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Pendulum rocker brush assembly for a vehicle wash system10 Feb 2026US 12,545,215 B2Tommy Enterprises, Inc.
- Drive shaft assembly for driven accessory devices13 Jan 2026US 12,522,064 B2The Boeing Company
- Compensating coupling30 Dec 2025US 12,510,122 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Torque-Limiting Coupling System for Use in Breakaway Mounting Systems for Roadway Signposts and Methods of Use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298294 A1
- Drive apparatus for vehicle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210411 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Torque limiter and counter torque device and system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158628 A1C-Torq, LLC
- Mechanical fuse device for protecting switching apparatus30 Apr 2026US 2026/0117826 A1Hitachi Energy Ltd
- Disconnector system for disconnecting a drive shaft30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334153 A1General Electric Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Controlled torque connector assembly265US 4,575,274 AGilbert Engineering Company, Inc. · 1986
- Shaft coupling for a molten metal pump139US 5,622,481 A1997
- Motion initiator103US 5,471,888 AG & H Technology, Inc. · 1995
- Torque limiter for an OCT catheter88US 8,206,377 B2LightLab Imaging, Inc. · 2012
- Breakaway connector74US 4,923,319 A1990