F16H 57/0473
Friction devices
Official title: {Friction devices, e.g. clutches or brakes}
F16H57/0473 (Friction devices) appears on 293 US grants and 311 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 293
- Published applications
- 311
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 775
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 8 | 13 |
| 2016 | 16 | 18 |
| 2017 | 18 | 27 |
| 2018 | 13 | 24 |
| 2019 | 31 | 25 |
| 2020 | 26 | 26 |
| 2021 | 19 | 28 |
| 2022 | 27 | 16 |
| 2023 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024 | 17 | 16 |
| 2025 | 17 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Motorcycle5 May 2026US 12,618,462 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Lubrication control apparatus for automatic transmission14 Apr 2026US 12,601,399 B2Mazda Motor Corporation
- Planetary transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle14 Apr 2026US 12,601,400 B2Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Vehicle drive device10 Feb 2026US 12,546,390 B2Aisin Corporation
- Irregular ground travelling vehicle23 Dec 2025US 12,502,955 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Electric drive device for a motor vehicle, in particular for a car, and motor vehicle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218782 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Method for determining at least one volume flow rate in an apparatus for a hydraulic system, computer program product, and computer device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185603 A1Audi AG
- Transmission, in Particular for a Motor Vehicle25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177140 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Lubrication system for transmission25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177142 A1ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
- Planetary transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078817 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual clutch transmission clutch cooling control method58US 6,715,597 B1BorgWarner Inc. · 2004
- Transmission33US 8,650,980 B2MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG · 2014
- Multiple chamber twin clutch axle31US 5,845,546 ABorg-Warner Automotive, Inc. · 1998
- Apparatus for cooling clutches on a transmission shaft31US 6,059,682 ALuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH · 2000
- Hydraulic circuit for a transmission of a motor vehicle30US 7,487,866 B2Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft · 2009