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F16H 21/32

with additional members comprising only pivoted links or arms

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Gearings comprising primarily only links or levers, with or without slides > all movement being in, or parallel to, a single plane > for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion > Crank gearings; Eccentric gearings > with one connecting-rod and one guided slide to each crank or eccentric > with additional members comprising only pivoted links or arms

CPC:

Gearings comprising primarily only links or levers, with or without slides (F16H23/00 takes precedence) > all movement being in, or parallel to, a single plane > for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion > Crank gearings; Eccentric gearings > with one connecting-rod and one guided slide to each crank or eccentric > with additional members comprising only pivoted links or arms

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 21,545
  2. ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 9,446
  3. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 7,215
  4. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 6,846
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 6,106
  6. NTN CORPORATION 5,305
  7. SKF SE 4,219
  8. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,852
  9. NSK 3,850
  10. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 3,639

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 22,817
  2. ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 10,523
  3. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 7,933
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 7,059
  5. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 4,867
  6. SKF SE 4,729
  7. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,111
  8. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,838
  9. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 3,575
  10. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3,499