F16F 15/1397
Overload protection, i.e. means for limiting torque
Official title: {Overload protection, i.e. means for limiting torque}
F16F15/1397 (Overload protection, i.e. means for limiting torque) appears on 118 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 131
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 3 | 7 |
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| 2004 | 4 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Spring damper with two overload protection couplings, and powertrain7 Jul 2026US 12,674,502 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Damper device23 Sep 2025US 12,422,002 B2Exedy Corporation
- Power transmission device16 Jul 2024US 12,038,059 B2Exedy Corporation
- Internal viscous rotational damping assembly12 Mar 2024US 11,927,238 B1Riverhawk Company
- Torque limiter embedded damper device7 Nov 2023US 11,808,315 B2Exedy Corporation
- Power transmission device and torque limiter11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160315 A1Exedy Corporation
- Internal viscous rotational damping assembly18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240691 A1Riverhawk Company
- Spring damper with two overload protection couplings, and powertrain4 Apr 2024US 2024/0110612 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Power transmission device1 Feb 2024US 2024/0035544 A1Exedy Corporation
- Damper device3 Aug 2023US 2023/0243388 A1Exedy Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Torque transmitting apparatus181US 5,622,245 ALuk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH · 1997
- Rotational torque transmission mechanism65US 4,274,524 AAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1981
- Apparatus for damping torsional vibrations in the power trains of motor vehicles57US 4,739,866 ALuk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH · 1988
- Torque transmitting and torsion damping apparatus for use in motor vehicles42US 4,727,970 ALuk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH · 1988
- Torque transmitting and torsion damping assembly42US 4,732,250 ALuk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH · 1988