- 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: 1490
10-year publication summary
141
|
187
|
166
|
164
|
147
|
122
|
76
|
90
|
75
|
5
|
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
ZF Friedrichshafen AG | 7009 |
191 |
Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC | 255 |
72 |
NHK Spring Co., Ltd. | 1760 |
55 |
NOK Corporation | 2161 |
54 |
Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc. | 211 |
27 |
Caterpillar Inc. | 9149 |
21 |
ILJIN Co., Ltd. | 50 |
18 |
TRW Automotive GmbH | 581 |
15 |
The Boeing Company | 19900 |
14 |
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. | 1086 |
14 |
THK Co., Ltd. | 1218 |
14 |
Robert Bosch GmbH | 41695 |
12 |
THK Rhythm Automotive GmbH | 28 |
11 |
Wilmington Trust, National Association, AS Co-collateral Trustee, Successor Collateral Trustee | 324 |
11 |
Somic Management Holdings Inc. | 66 |
11 |
Airbus Operations GmbH | 3281 |
10 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa | 29 |
10 |
Mevotech LP | 59 |
10 |
Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage | 1094 |
9 |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | 24855 |
8 |
Other owners | 903 |