F16H 55/28
Special devices for taking up backlash
F16H55/28 (Special devices for taking up backlash) appears on 249 US grants and 217 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 249
- Published applications
- 217
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 493
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 13 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12 |
| 2008 | 1 | 12 |
| 2009 | 3 | 12 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13 |
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| 2015 | 13 | 17 |
| 2016 | 16 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 10 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for producing worm wheel, and worm wheel21 Apr 2026US 12,607,255 B2Nsk Ltd.
- Rack guide24 Mar 2026US 12,583,505 B2Oiles Corporation
- Rack guide and gear mechanism24 Mar 2026US 12,583,506 B2Oiles Corporation
- Electrically driven rack and pinion steering system of a motor vehicle12 Aug 2025US 12,384,447 B2ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Robot with linear 7th axis17 Jun 2025US 12,330,307 B2Dexterity, Inc.
- Steering device and method for manufacturing steering device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194128 A1Knorr-Bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.
- Vehicle steering rack assembly1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001587 A1Nissan North America, Inc.
- Rack guide13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346285 A1Oiles Corporation
- Steer-by-wire road wheel actuator anti-rotation mechanism23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326425 A1
- Rack guide and gear mechanism19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196910 A1Oiles Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transmission device for converting a torque between rotary movement and linear movement31US 6,023,989 AKamoseiko Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Electric power steering apparatus28US 6,543,569 B1Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003
- Steering rack wear compensator28US 7,487,984 B1GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2009
- Rack and pinion steering device27US 4,619,155 AKoyo Jidoki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1986
- Rack-and-pinion steering apparatus27US 5,265,691 AJidosha Kiki Co., Ltd. · 1993