F16G 13/02
Driving-chains
Official title: Driving-chains (specially adapted to gearings with variable gear-ratio F16H9/00)
F16G13/02 (Driving-chains) appears on 886 US grants and 755 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16G- Granted patents
- 886
- Published applications
- 755
- Assignees
- 309
- Inventors
- 1,200
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 28 | 14 |
| 2025 | 9 | 14 |
| 2026 | 10 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Chain29 Sep 2026US 12,747,775 B2Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
- Shifting bicycle chain having uniform offset chain links, and chain wheel assembly cooperating therewith28 Jul 2026US 12,692,927 B2SRAM Deutschland GmbH
- Link for a multi-link conveyor chain2 Jun 2026US 12,643,742 B2Pennine Industrial Equipment Limited
- Chain construction7 Apr 2026US 12,595,131 B2Gram Equipment A/S
- Chain7 Apr 2026US 12,595,838 B2Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
- Chain pin seal for a chain to be used in conveyor and/or drive technology24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287059 A1Carl Freudenberg KG
- Chain17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276062 A1Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
- Interlocking chain27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251201 A1Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
- Chain2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092639 A1Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Catch-proof chain link12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071666 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexible supporting sheath for cables and the like161US 4,739,801 ATysubakimoto Chain Co. · 1988
- Flexible supporting sheath for cables and the like142US 5,197,767 ATsubakimoto Chain Co. · 1993
- Curvable part device for endoscope devices135US 4,726,355 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1988
- Flexible supporting sheath for cables and the like127US 5,046,764 ATsubakimoto Chain Co. · 1991
- Multiple sprocket assembly for a bicycle65US 5,954,604 AShimano Inc. · 1999