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F16H 19/00

Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
Subclass:
GEARING

Filing statistics

IPC F16H 19/00 belongs to the parent subclass F16H, which recorded 293,953 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 22,485 in 2013 to 25,039 in 2023 (+11%), peaking at 30,138 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class F16 are SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY (21,545 applications), ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (9,446 applications) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (7,215 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

Limiting references

Gearings with intermittently-driving members

Application references

Rope or like tackle for lifting or haulage

Related Keywords

PAWLS

2 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F16H 19/08 for interconverting rotary motion and oscillating motion

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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