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Y10S 338/01

Worm gear drive

Y10S338/01 (Worm gear drive) appears on 16 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 338/00Electrical resistors
  5. Y10S 338/01Worm gear drive
Granted patents
16
Published applications
0
Assignees
12
Inventors
27
Latest grant
28 Oct 2003

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 338/01: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
197610
197710
197830
197910
198000
198110
198210
198300
198410
198500
198600
198710
198800
198900
199000
199100
199200
199300
199420
199500
199600
199710
199800
199900
200010
200110
200200
200310

1976198619962003

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Plated precision potentiometer28 Oct 2003US 6,639,507 B1
  • Screw-driven multiturn electrical device2 Jan 2001US 6,169,473 AAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Screw-type potentiometer drive with a travel reset20 Jun 2000US 6,078,249 AWayne-Dalton Corp.
  • Variable resistor having clutch mechanism16 Dec 1997US 5,699,037 AMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Electromotive adjustable resistor27 Dec 1994US 5,376,914 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Pressure sensitive conductor and method of manufacturing the same47US 4,292,261 AJapan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd. · 1981
  • Shaft rotary position sensor21US 5,300,918 ADeere & Company · 1994
  • Pivoting rotor ratchet mechanism for worm gear potentiometer13US 4,427,966 ABourns, Inc. · 1984
  • Screw-type potentiometer drive with a travel reset13US 6,078,249 AWayne-Dalton Corp. · 2000
  • Worm gear potentiometer ratchet system11US 4,114,132 ABourns, Inc. · 1978

Top assignees

Documents
  • Bourns, Inc.3
  • Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.2
  • ABAllen-Bradley Company, Inc.1
  • Alps Electric Co., Ltd.1
  • BIBeckman Instruments, Inc.1
  • Carrier Corporation1
  • CCTS Corporation1
  • Deere & Company1
  • JSJapan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd.1
  • MEMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.1

Often classified with

  • H01CResistors15
  • Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification2
  • G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions1
  • G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable1
  • G05GControl devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only1
  • H01BCables1

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