F16H 49/001
Wave gearings
Official title: {Wave gearings, e.g. harmonic drive transmissions}
F16H49/001 (Wave gearings) appears on 750 US grants and 775 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flex spline and wave gear drive including the same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,780 B2Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Drive device for an electric bicycle and electric bicycle25 Aug 2026US 12,715,542 B2Porsche eBike Performance GmbH
- Compact offset outrunner harmonic drive rotary actuator and deployment system using same4 Aug 2026US 12,700,784 B2Joby Aero, Inc.
- Means of transport that can be simultaneously driven electromotively and by human muscular power28 Jul 2026US 12,691,969 B2Kill Watt GmbH
- Harmonic drive with balanced epicyclic geartrain having a carrier with an integrated wave generator14 Jul 2026US 12,680,600 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Roller harmonic drive transmission having a flex spline and a circular spline8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309217 A1Harmonic Drive, Inc.
- Harmonic speed reduction transmission device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298325 A1Chongmo Technology Co., Ltd.
- Clutch with radial spring24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287025 A1Boston Dynamics, Inc.
- Method for detecting a faulty measurement channel in a strain wave gearing mechanism24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287469 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Method for manufacturing strain wave gear10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264145 A1Iljin Global Holdings Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Harmonic electric actuator111US 4,398,110 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1983
- Dual-acting apparatus for variable valve timing and the like87US 5,417,186 AClemson University · 1995
- Harmonic drive gear assembly with asymmetrical wave generator and associated flexspline87US 7,552,664 B2Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc. · 2009
- Cup-type harmonic drive having a short, flexible cup member86US 5,269,202 AHarmonic Drive Systems Inc. · 1993
- Harmonic speed changer75US 4,840,090 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989