Y10T 74/18832
Including flexible drive connector [e.g., belt, chain, strand, etc.]
Official title: including flexible drive connector [e.g., belt, chain, strand, etc.]
Y10T74/18832 (Including flexible drive connector [e.g., belt, chain, strand, etc.]) appears on 597 US grants and 251 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 597
- Published applications
- 251
- Assignees
- 378
- Inventors
- 901
- Latest grant
- 2 Sep 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 6 |
| 2002 | 15 | 10 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11 |
| 2007 | 11 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 18 |
| 2009 | 13 | 23 |
| 2010 | 7 | 15 |
| 2011 | 14 | 28 |
| 2012 | 19 | 16 |
| 2013 | 21 | 24 |
| 2014 | 17 | 22 |
| 2015 | 20 | 18 |
| 2016 | 9 | 3 |
| 2017 | 12 | 3 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mechanical manipulator for surgical instruments2 Sep 2025US 12,402,960 B2Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Actuation and valve mechanism2 Jan 2024US 11,859,359 B2Rubicon Research Pty Ltd.
- Steerable medical device having a control member holding mechanism1 Feb 2022US 11,236,806 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Actuation and valve mechanism26 Oct 2021US 11,155,974 B2Rubicon Research Pty Ltd.
- Mechanical manipulator for surgical instruments3 Aug 2021US 11,076,922 B2Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Actuation and valve mechanism4 Jan 2024US 2024/0003109 A1Rubicon Research Pty Ltd.
- Mechanical manipulator for surgical instruments2 Dec 2021US 2021/0369360 A1Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Actuation and valve mechanism2 Dec 2021US 2021/0372069 A1Rubicon Research Pty Ltd.
- Steerable medical device having a control member holding mechanism2 Jul 2020US 2020/0208718 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Actuation and valve mechanism8 Aug 2019US 2019/0242491 A1Rubicon Research Pty Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Force transmission for robotic surgical instrument1,337US 8,603,077 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2013
- Remote centre of motion positioner252US 9,027,431 B2Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · 2015
- Variable speed reciprocating lever drive mechanism220US 3,954,282 AHege Advanced Systems Corporation · 1976
- Variable effort joystick176US 5,228,356 A1993
- Compact cable transmission with cable differential173US 5,046,375 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1991