F16H 63/502
For smoothing gear shifts
Official title: {for smoothing gear shifts}
F16H63/502 (For smoothing gear shifts) appears on 856 US grants and 538 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 856
- Published applications
- 538
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
- 1,487
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 8 |
| 2002 | 22 | 28 |
| 2003 | 28 | 20 |
| 2004 | 19 | 37 |
| 2005 | 32 | 28 |
| 2006 | 24 | 24 |
| 2007 | 21 | 25 |
| 2008 | 14 | 29 |
| 2009 | 21 | 25 |
| 2010 | 20 | 28 |
| 2011 | 16 | 20 |
| 2012 | 33 | 21 |
| 2013 | 29 | 24 |
| 2014 | 28 | 19 |
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| 2018 | 25 | 34 |
| 2019 | 31 | 15 |
| 2020 | 23 | 17 |
| 2021 | 18 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 | 8 |
| 2023 | 16 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Controller and method to assist quick gearshift in a vehicle using gear position sensor25 Aug 2026US 12,716,486 B2Bosch Corporation
- System and method for shifting two speed transmission2 Jun 2026US 12,644,517 B2Dana Italia S.R.L.
- Gearbox for a front axle of an electric tractor5 May 2026US 12,617,270 B2Dana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L.
- Working vehicle28 Apr 2026US 12,611,928 B2Kubota Corporation
- Electric drive system for machine and electric drive control system for same14 Apr 2026US 12,600,340 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- System and method for shifting two speed transmission17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276082 A1Dana Italia S.R.L.
- Method for Controlling a Longitudinal Acceleration During and Assisting Operation of a Driver Assistance System in a Motor Vehicle, Controller Unit and Motor Vehicle Having Such a Controller Unit28 May 2026US 2026/0146669 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Method and device for actuating a dog clutch of a manual transmission of an electrically driveable vehicle5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036199 A1ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
- Method for managing a gear shift in a gearbox29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028029 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Method and device for quickly shifting the gear of the engine of a motorcycle1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002482 A1Ducati Motor Holding S.P.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mechanical automatic transmission284US 4,361,060 A1982
- Closed loop shift quality control system112US 4,724,723 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1988
- Throttle control system for an automatic shift countershaft transmission91US 4,493,228 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1985
- Automatic mechanical transmission system79US 4,527,447 AEaton Corporation · 1985
- Combined system for assisting shifting of manual transmission79US 5,582,558 ARockwell International Corporation · 1996