F16H 37/12
Gearings comprising primarily toothed or friction gearing, links or levers, and cams
Official title: Gearings comprising primarily toothed or friction gearing, links or levers, and cams, or members of at least two of these types (gearings with cranks, eccentrics, or like members fixed to one rotary member and guided along tracks on the other F16H21/14; crank or eccentric gearings with cams or additional guides, or with members having rolling contact F16H21/28, F16H21/30)
F16H37/12 (Gearings comprising primarily toothed or friction gearing, links or levers, and cams) appears on 414 US grants and 431 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 414
- Published applications
- 431
- Assignees
- 326
- Inventors
- 955
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 9 | 19 |
| 2016 | 9 | 25 |
| 2017 | 24 | 52 |
| 2018 | 27 | 34 |
| 2019 | 39 | 24 |
| 2020 | 31 | 18 |
| 2021 | 20 | 19 |
| 2022 | 15 | 47 |
| 2023 | 33 | 30 |
| 2024 | 28 | 36 |
| 2025 | 32 | 26 |
| 2026 | 27 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16H 37/124For interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion121
- F16H 37/122For interconverting rotary motion and oscillating motion93
- F16H 37/16With a driving or driven member which both rotates or oscillates on40
- F16H 37/14The movements of two or more independently-moving members being combined into a19
- F16H 2037/128Generating reciprocating motion by a planetary gear using endless flexible membersIndexing code5
Recent patents
- Electric power steering system with a ball-screw assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,728,910 B2ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Kinematic component8 Sep 2026US 12,729,758 B2Grammer AG
- Rotary actuator unit, and joint unit for robot or heavy equipment provided with same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,759 B2Man-Machine Synergy Effectors, Inc.
- Transmission device for dentate structure8 Sep 2026US 12,729,760 B2Fivegrand International Co., Ltd.
- Drive device for a high pressure cleaning appliance14 Jul 2026US 12,680,598 B2Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
- Actuator for a vehicle seat, in particular for a squab-raising mechanism of a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307546 A1
- Actuator for providing a torque, said actuator comprising a linear drive8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309213 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Apparatus for rotating a sucker rod string having a position indicator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311586 A1
- Reciprocating mechanical devices and methods of operation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298321 A1
- Double-axis rotating antenna structure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302610 A1Wnc Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adapter assembly for surgical device617US 10,617,411 B2Covidien LP · 2020
- Process for drilling holes in hard materials, in surgical procedures, and apparatus for carrying out the process56US 4,111,208 A1978
- Vehicle step apparatus and motor assembly thereof53US 9,656,609 B2T-Max (Hangzhou) Industrial Co., Ltd · 2017
- Direct driven robot47US 6,428,266 B1Brooks Automation, Inc. · 2002
- Chain cam40US 5,058,872 ADidde Web Press Corporation · 1991