Y10T 83/869
Means to drive or to guide tool
Y10T83/869 (Means to drive or to guide tool) appears on 5,235 US grants and 2,399 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 5,235
- Published applications
- 2,399
- Assignees
- 2,101
- Inventors
- 7,056
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 158 | 0 |
| 1977 | 150 | 0 |
| 1978 | 135 | 0 |
| 1979 | 86 | 0 |
| 1980 | 138 | 0 |
| 1981 | 132 | 0 |
| 1982 | 94 | 0 |
| 1983 | 85 | 0 |
| 1984 | 126 | 0 |
| 1985 | 153 | 0 |
| 1986 | 123 | 0 |
| 1987 | 161 | 0 |
| 1988 | 110 | 0 |
| 1989 | 135 | 0 |
| 1990 | 132 | 0 |
| 1991 | 154 | 0 |
| 1992 | 119 | 0 |
| 1993 | 138 | 0 |
| 1994 | 120 | 0 |
| 1995 | 118 | 0 |
| 1996 | 98 | 0 |
| 1997 | 89 | 0 |
| 1998 | 153 | 0 |
| 1999 | 167 | 0 |
| 2000 | 158 | 0 |
| 2001 | 138 | 70 |
| 2002 | 113 | 199 |
| 2003 | 135 | 186 |
| 2004 | 156 | 187 |
| 2005 | 106 | 226 |
| 2006 | 150 | 204 |
| 2007 | 108 | 168 |
| 2008 | 97 | 160 |
| 2009 | 83 | 145 |
| 2010 | 119 | 139 |
| 2011 | 115 | 184 |
| 2012 | 129 | 123 |
| 2013 | 137 | 118 |
| 2014 | 114 | 89 |
| 2015 | 75 | 79 |
| 2016 | 47 | 33 |
| 2017 | 49 | 29 |
| 2018 | 41 | 16 |
| 2019 | 29 | 18 |
| 2020 | 29 | 5 |
| 2021 | 10 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- Y10T 83/8821With simple rectilinear reciprocating motion only1,978
- Y10T 83/8773Bevel or miter cut637
- Y10T 83/8798With simple oscillating motion only499
- Y10T 83/8776Constantly urged tool or tool support [e.g., spring biased]471
- Y10T 83/8748Tool displaceable to inactive position [e.g., for work loading]438
- Y10T 83/8878Guide385
- Y10T 83/8763Convertible from tool path to another or from implement to machine312
- Y10T 83/8727Plural tools selectively engageable with single drive297
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- Y10T 83/8696Means to change datum plane of tool or tool presser stroke218
- Y10T 83/8789With simple revolving motion only199
- Y10T 83/872With guard means146
- Y10T 83/8742Tool pair positionable as a unit144
- Y10T 83/8769Cutting tool operative in opposite directions of travel119
- Y10T 83/8874Uniplanar compound motion116
- Y10T 83/8759With means to connect or disconnect tool and its drive112
- Y10T 83/8772One tool edge of tool pair encompasses work [e.g., wire cutter]106
- Y10T 83/8752Tool moves work to and against cooperating tool102
- Y10T 83/8737With tool positioning means synchronized with cutting stroke88
- Y10T 83/8765Magnet- or solenoid-actuated tool86
- Y10T 83/875With templet surface following tool85
- Y10T 83/8745Tool and anvil relatively positionable77
- Y10T 83/8691Unicyclic54
- Y10T 83/8736Sequential cutting motions52
- Y10T 83/8735With means providing for plural steps in tool stroke41
- Y10T 83/8702Clicker die press37
- Y10T 83/8733Tool movable to cooperate selectively with one of a plurality of mating34
- Y10T 83/8775With tool tensioning means34
- Y10T 83/8717By deforming resilient tool or tool support33
- Y10T 83/8719With transmission yieldable on overload33
- Y10T 83/8788Tool return mechanism separate from tool advance mechanism33
- Y10T 83/8873Straight line motion combined with tilting in plane of stroke25
- Y10T 83/887Parallel draw-cut [e.g., translatory]20
- Y10T 83/8726Single tool with plural selective driving means18
- Y10T 83/8725Including movable, tool protecting, cushioning sheet9
- Y10T 83/8771Motion direction of tool influenced by resistance of work7
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Most cited
By later US patents
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