- All sections
- F - Mechanical engineering; lighting; heating; weapons; blasting
- F16C - Shafts; flexible shafts; mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing; elements of crankshaft mechanisms; pivots; pivotal connections; rotary engineering elements other than gearing, coupling, clutch or brake elements; bearings
- F16C 11/06 - Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints
Patent holdings for IPC class F16C 11/06
Total number of patents in this class: 1481
10-year publication summary
125
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141
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187
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166
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164
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145
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122
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76
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88
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28
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
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ZF Friedrichshafen AG | 6820 |
204 |
Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC | 240 |
71 |
NHK Spring Co., Ltd. | 1657 |
56 |
NOK Corporation | 2108 |
54 |
Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc. | 206 |
26 |
Caterpillar Inc. | 8877 |
20 |
ILJIN Co., Ltd. | 47 |
18 |
TRW Automotive GmbH | 595 |
16 |
THK Co., Ltd. | 1206 |
15 |
The Boeing Company | 19843 |
14 |
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. | 1122 |
14 |
Robert Bosch GmbH | 40953 |
12 |
THK Rhythm Automotive GmbH | 29 |
12 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa | 30 |
11 |
Wilmington Trust, National Association, AS Co-collateral Trustee, Successor Collateral Trustee | 345 |
11 |
Airbus Operations GmbH | 3188 |
10 |
Mevotech LP | 53 |
10 |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | 24537 |
8 |
BorgWarner Inc. | 2604 |
8 |
SKF Aerospace France S.A.S. | 45 |
8 |
Other owners | 883 |