F16H 48/00
Differential gearings
Official title: Differential gearings (cooling or lubricating of differential gearing F16H57/04)
F16H48/00 (Differential gearings) appears on 3,723 US grants and 3,098 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 3,723
- Published applications
- 3,098
- Assignees
- 742
- Inventors
- 5,015
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 78 | 56 |
| 2003 | 79 | 87 |
| 2004 | 86 | 93 |
| 2005 | 65 | 114 |
| 2006 | 75 | 108 |
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| 2023 | 152 | 137 |
| 2024 | 190 | 159 |
| 2025 | 181 | 142 |
| 2026 | 92 | 105 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16H 48/06Differential gearings: with gears having orbital motion2,558
- F16H 48/20Arrangements for suppressing or influencing the differential action1,750
- F16H 48/38Constructional details1,354
- F16H 48/12Without gears having orbital motion406
- F16H 48/36Differential gearings: characterised by intentionally generating speed difference between outputs326
- F16H 48/05Multiple interconnected differential sets91
- F16H 2048/02Transfer gears for influencing drive between outputsIndexing code43
Recent patents
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- Disconnector apparatus with limited slip differential function8 Sep 2026US 12,728,721 B2Hyundai Transys Inc.
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- Helical gear limited slip differential with washer clutch plates8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309214 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Bi-directional differential clutch for detecting disengagement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309215 A1American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Drive assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309216 A1
- Differential device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298322 A1Jtekt Corporation
- Limited slip differential with full differential lock drive subassembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298323 A1TEAM Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Power transmitting assembly1,127US 5,465,819 ABorg-Warner Automotive, Inc. · 1995
- Differential gear with limited slip and locking mechanism1,080US 5,098,360 ATochigifujisangyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992
- Hybrid vehicle and its control method236US 5,722,502 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Toroidal drive system for electric vehicles223US 6,053,841 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Automotive full locking differential166US 6,269,712 B12001