F16H 61/0276
Elements specially adapted for hydraulic control units
Official title: {Elements specially adapted for hydraulic control units, e.g. valves}
F16H61/0276 (Elements specially adapted for hydraulic control units) appears on 430 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Utility vehicle and shift device for vehicle24 Feb 2026US 12,558,955 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Transmission for work vehicle3 Feb 2026US 12,539,754 B2Jinmyung Powertech Co., Ltd.
- Hydraulic circuit18 Nov 2025US 12,473,933 B2JATCO Ltd
- Method for the valve control of a hydraulic valve11 Nov 2025US 12,468,320 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Hydraulic control valve, hydraulic control system, and transmission26 Aug 2025US 12,398,817 B2Wuxi Infimotion Technology Co., Ltd.
- Transmission having an additively manufactured valve body6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226979 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Valve body assembly having valve member9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194137 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Hydraulic circuit9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314260 A1JATCO Ltd
- Inhibitor switch28 Aug 2025US 2025/0273410 A1JATCO Ltd
- Utility vehicle and shift device for vehicle6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042249 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic controller for automatic transmissions93US 4,892,014 ASparton Corporation · 1990
- Electronic control system for multiple ratio transmission including circuit pressure control55US 5,157,608 AFord Motor Company · 1992
- Electro/hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission52US 4,838,126 ABTR Engineering (Australia) Limited · 1989
- Automatic transmission control system52US 5,305,663 AFord Motor Company · 1994
- Apparatus for controlling hydraulic pressure for clutch42US 5,168,973 AKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1992