F16H 57/045
Lubricant storage reservoirs
Official title: {Lubricant storage reservoirs, e.g. reservoirs in addition to a gear sump for collecting lubricant in the upper part of a gear case}
F16H57/045 (Lubricant storage reservoirs) appears on 761 US grants and 857 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 857
- Assignees
- 283
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Integrated in-line emergency lube pump assembly for planetary gearbox configurations29 Sep 2026US 12,747,677 B2GE Avio S. r. l.
- Circulation sump device for an electric drive unit of a vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,744,431 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Oil tank for a turbomachine with a lower compartment having an oil outlet duct that is negative-G-compatible15 Sep 2026US 12,735,996 B2Safran Aero Boosters SA
- Drive system and drive transmission15 Sep 2026US 12,736,123 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Electric vehicle transmission15 Sep 2026US 12,736,126 B2BorgWarner Inc.
- Drive assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309216 A1
- Motor vehicle drive unit and electrically driven motor vehicle drive axle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309223 A1ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Rotary machine17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275868 A1Lumenium LLC
- Lubricating and/or cooling system for use in a motor vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276071 A1MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
- Motor unit17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276074 A1Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drive apparatus for electric vehicle67US 5,821,653 AAisin Aw Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Emergency lubricating device for a reduction unit particularly for a main gear box of a rotary-wing aircraft60US 5,121,815 AAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle · 1992
- Axle driving apparatus with variable volume reservoir chamber58US 5,259,194 AKanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg.Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Churning loss reduction means for gear type devices55US 5,505,112 AEaton Corporation · 1996
- Vehicle torque transfer case for a four wheel drive system54US 4,860,612 ADana Corporation · 1989