F16H 37/084
At least one power path being a continuously variable transmission, i.e. cvt
Official title: {at least one power path being a continuously variable transmission, i.e. CVT}
F16H37/084 (At least one power path being a continuously variable transmission, i.e. cvt) appears on 1,895 US grants and 1,623 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16H 2037/0866Power-split transmissions with distributing differentials, with the output of the cvt connectedIndexing code900
- F16H 2037/088Power-split transmissions with summing differentials, with the input of the cvt connectedIndexing code848
- F16H 37/086Cvt using two coaxial friction members cooperating with at least one intermediate295
- F16H 37/0846Cvt using endless flexible members191
- F16H 37/0853Cvt using friction between rotary members having a first member of uniform70
- F16H 2037/0893Characterised in that the ratio of the continuously variable transmission is differentIndexing code38
Recent patents
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- Working vehicle28 Apr 2026US 12,611,928 B2Kubota Corporation
- Off-highway recreational vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287054 A1Textron Innovations Inc.
- Device for continuously variable torque transmission20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243336 A1
- Continuously variable transmission20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243337 A1Univance Corporation
- Continuously variable transmission2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185590 A1
- Power transmission device for work vehicle and work vehicle2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185592 A1Kubota Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable transmission284US 4,856,374 Aplanetroll Antriebe GmbH · 1989
- Driving hub for a vehicle, particularly a bicycle, with an infinitely adjustable transmission ratio275US 5,318,486 AFichtel & Sachs AG · 1994
- Continuously-variable ratio transmission for an automobile vehicle270US 4,756,211 A1988
- Two-mode, compound-split electro-mechanical vehicular transmission260US 5,931,757 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1999
- Hybrid electric powertrain including a two-mode electrically variable transmission237US 6,478,705 B1General Motors Corporation · 2002