F16D 9/02
Couplings with safety member for disconnecting: by thermal means
Official title: by thermal means, e.g. melting member
F16D9/02 (Couplings with safety member for disconnecting: by thermal means) appears on 38 US grants and 27 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 38
- Published applications
- 27
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 74
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Disconnector system for disconnecting a drive shaft11 Aug 2026US 12,704,156 B2General Electric Company
- Drive shaft assembly for driven accessory devices13 Jan 2026US 12,522,064 B2The Boeing Company
- Systems and methods for intentionally breaking shafts of compromised electric machines with electro-thermal activation4 Mar 2025US 12,244,184 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Friction lining29 Nov 2022US 11,512,753 B2Miba Frictec GmbH
- Drive train with thermal overload safeguard5 Jul 2022US 11,378,137 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Disconnector system for disconnecting a drive shaft30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334153 A1General Electric Company
- Electric Work Machine Tool Quick Coupler Retention Device20 Mar 2025US 2025/0092633 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Drive shaft assembly for driven accessory devices12 Dec 2024US 2024/0408961 A1The Boeing Company
- Systems and methods for intentionally breaking shafts of compromised electric machines with electro-thermal activation11 Apr 2024US 2024/0120811 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Friction lining17 Sep 2020US 2020/0292021 A1Miba Frictec GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electromagnetic clutch26US 5,687,823 ANippondenso Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Thermally actuated disconnect coupling23US 4,086,991 ASundstrand Corporation · 1978
- Clutch mechanism22US 7,731,618 B2Dyson Technology Limited · 2010
- Thermal disconnect21US 5,103,949 ASundstrand Corporation · 1992
- Overheating protection device for rotational control apparatus20US 5,398,794 AHorton Industries, Inc. · 1995