F16F 15/133
Using springs as elastic members
Official title: using springs as elastic members, e.g. metallic springs
F16F15/133 (Using springs as elastic members) appears on 507 US grants and 353 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16F 15/134Wound springs407
- F16F 15/136Plastics springs35
- F16F 15/137The elastic members consisting of two or more springs of different kinds27
- F16F 15/1336Leaf springs20
- F16F 15/1333Spiral springs18
- F16F 15/1331C-shaped springs15
- F16F 15/1335Folded springs, i.e. made of band-like material folded in an enclosing space5
- F16F 15/1338Motion-limiting means4
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- Vibration damping device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036175 A1Valeo Embrayages
- Seat and torsion damper comprising same14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257776 A1Valeo Embrayages
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for damping torsional vibrations in the power trains of motor vehicles57US 4,739,866 ALuk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH · 1988
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- Torque transmitting and torsion damping apparatus for use in motor vehicles42US 4,727,970 ALuk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH · 1988
- Vibration damping apparatus40US 5,042,632 ALuk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH · 1991
- Multi-disk friction device having forced lubrication on demand40US 6,244,407 B1BorgWarner Inc. · 2001