F16H 2061/0474
By smoothing engagement or release of positive clutches
Official title: {by smoothing engagement or release of positive clutches; Methods or means for shock free engagement of dog clutches}
F16H2061/0474 (By smoothing engagement or release of positive clutches) appears on 159 US grants and 172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 159
- Published applications
- 172
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 390
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2016 | 7 | 19 |
| 2017 | 14 | 11 |
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| 2022 | 13 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 15 | 12 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method and device for actuating a dog clutch of a manual transmission of an electrically driveable vehicle5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036199 A1ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Control for engagement of positive clutches in automated mechanical transmission systems52US 5,508,916 AEaton Corporation · 1996
- Twin clutch automated transaxle with motor/generator synchronization44US 6,499,370 B2New Venture Gear, Inc. · 2002
- Method for the operation of a transmission device of a vehicle drive train28US 8,500,601 B2ZF Friedrichshafen AG · 2013
- Method of changing gears of an automobile, automotive gear shifter, controller for automotive gear shifter, and actuator controller for automotive gear shifter21US 7,387,043 B2Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd. · 2008
- Powertrain for a vehicle and method for carrying out load changes16US 9,822,860 B2ZF Friedrichshafen AG · 2017