F16F 15/265
Arrangement of two or more balancer shafts
Official title: {Arrangement of two or more balancer shafts (F16F15/267 takes precedence)}
F16F15/265 (Arrangement of two or more balancer shafts) appears on 123 US grants and 81 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 81
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 257
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Counterbalancer assemblies for engines15 Sep 2026US 12,736,106 B1Brunswick Corporation
- Balancer device for internal combustion engine25 Aug 2026US 12,716,467 B2Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Balancer structure for internal combustion engine, and internal combustion engine12 Mar 2024US 11,927,239 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Balancer device for internal combustion engines19 Jul 2022US 11,391,341 B2Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Force and moment canceling reciprocating mechanism and power tool having same25 Jan 2022US 11,229,963 B2Black & Decker Inc.
- Balancer device for internal combustion engine4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369500 A1Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Balancer structure for internal combustion engine, and internal combustion engine19 Oct 2023US 2023/0332670 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Gear, balancer device, and balancer device provided with oil pump24 Jun 2021US 2021/0189922 A1Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Balancer device for internal combustion engines18 Feb 2021US 2021/0048087 A1Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Force and moment canceling reciprocating mechanism and power tool having same24 Dec 2020US 2020/0398355 A1Black & Decker Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Anti-rattle engine balancer which drives associated oil pump43US 5,535,643 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1996
- Helicopter vibration control system and rotary force generator for canceling vibrations37US 7,448,854 B2Lord Corporation · 2008
- Means for actuating balancer of engine29US 4,000,666 AMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1977
- Balancing device for reciprocating engine29US 6,189,499 B1Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Balancer shaft supporting structure in engine28US 5,791,309 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998