F16H 2007/0876
Control or adjustment of actuators
Official title: {Control or adjustment of actuators}
F16H2007/0876 (Control or adjustment of actuators) appears on 364 US grants and 327 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 364
- Published applications
- 327
- Assignees
- 182
- Inventors
- 756
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16H 2007/088Manual adjustmentIndexing code145
- F16H 2007/0878Disabling during transportIndexing code141
- F16H 2007/0885The tension being a function of engine running conditionIndexing code44
- F16H 2007/0887The tension being a function of loadIndexing code32
- F16H 2007/0882The tension being a function of temperatureIndexing code10
Recent patents
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- Automatic adjustment and monitoring of a belt drive10 Feb 2026US 12,546,382 B2
- Belt tensioning apparatus for drive mechanisms24 Jun 2025US 12,338,895 B1Springland Manufacturing
- Belt tensioning apparatus for belt driven systems23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210427 A1Springland Manufacturing
- Actuator25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180396 A1Thk Co., Ltd.
- Steering device11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159153 A1Nabtesco Corporation
- Method for identifying belt slip in a starting system comprising bisg28 May 2026US 2026/0146664 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Shuttling mechanical tensioner for control of chain drives with alternating tight and slack strands7 May 2026US 2026/0126098 A1BorgWarner Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination starter-generator80US 6,821,223 B2Delphi Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Method of constructing a drive tensioning device65US 4,489,475 AEmerson Electric Co. · 1984
- Tensioner55US 4,832,665 AKoyo Seiko Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Three-wheel vehicle and concentric intermediate sprocket assembly therefor55US 6,948,581 B2Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. · 2005
- Integral inlet and pressure relief valve for an automotive tensioner52US 5,700,213 ABorg-Warner Automotive, Inc. · 1997