F16H 61/0295
Automatic gear shift control
Official title: {Automatic gear shift control, e.g. initiating shift by centrifugal forces}
F16H61/0295 (Automatic gear shift control) appears on 59 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 79
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Drive unit15 Oct 2024US 12,117,071 B2Exedy Corporation
- Power tool and torque-responsive gear unit for a power tool2 Jan 2024US 11,858,105 B2Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB
- Automatic transmission for vehicle5 Oct 2021US 11,137,067 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Gearing assembly for a brake actuator, and brake actuator4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368176 A1IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA
- Drive unit and transmission device9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314286 A1Exedy Corporation
- Automatic internal transmission and bicycle27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100649 A1Guangdong Lofandi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
- Drive unit23 May 2024US 2024/0167551 A1Exedy Corporation
- Multi-speed automatic transmission for a power tool28 Dec 2023US 2023/0415322 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic transmission for vehicle156US 6,375,592 B1Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Automatic transmission for vehicle149US 6,471,615 B1Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Gear shifting power tool63US 5,573,074 AGPX, Inc. · 1996
- Automatic speed reduction ratio switching apparatus56US 8,303,458 B2SMC Corporation · 2012
- Ratchet wrench having self-shifting transmission apparatus51US 6,093,128 AIngersoll-Rand Company · 2000