F16F 15/12353
Combinations of dampers
Official title: {Combinations of dampers, e.g. with multiple plates, multiple spring sets, i.e. complex configurations}
F16F15/12353 (Combinations of dampers) appears on 303 US grants and 280 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 303
- Published applications
- 280
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 522
- Latest grant
- 18 Nov 2025
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| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Damper device and method of assembling same18 Nov 2025US 12,473,961 B2Exedy Corporation
- Multiple stage torsional coupling with centering bearing and coil spring snubbing26 Aug 2025US 12,398,761 B2Lord Corporation
- Damper device17 Jun 2025US 12,331,796 B2Aisin Corporation
- Vibration damper with intermediate flange travel stop and torque converter with vibration damper having intermediate flange travel stop8 Apr 2025US 12,270,447 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Torsional damper and hybrid drive module comprising same25 Mar 2025US 12,259,018 B2Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.
- Power transmission device and torque limiter11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160315 A1Exedy Corporation
- Torsional vibration reducing apparatus30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334167 A1Unipres Corporation
- Damper10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224004 A1Aisin Corporation
- Damper device20 Mar 2025US 2025/0092919 A1Aisin Corporation
- Torsional damper and hybrid drive module comprising same16 Jan 2025US 2025/0020187 A1Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vibration damper for a torque converter lock-up clutch53US 4,138,003 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1979
- Two-stage torsional vibration damper49US 4,347,717 ABorg-Warner Corporation · 1982
- Series spring torsional vibration damper39US 4,304,107 ABorg-Warner Corporation · 1981
- Vibration damper with variable spring rate and damping friction28US 4,101,015 ABorg-Warner Corporation · 1978
- Compound damper assembly for an automatic transmission28US 4,422,535 AFord Motor Company · 1983