Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.

321Patents
221Active
321Granted
54Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 25, 1986 → Feb 17, 2023 · 60 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7077446B2 Finger unit for robot hand Performing Operations; Transporting 97 Expired
US5269202A Cup-type harmonic drive having a short, flexible cup member Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US4823638A Tooth profile of spline of strain wave gearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US4974470A Tooth profile of one of circular splines of flat-shaped strain wave gearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US7498914B2 Method for magnetizing ring magnet and magnetic encoder Electricity 47 Expired
US6700271B2 Hybrid synchronous motor equipped with toroidal winding Electricity 40 Expired
US5369322A Electromagnetic motor of the finite rotational type Electricity 30 Expired
US4715247A Transmission apparatus with reduced frictional force Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5984048A Lubricant supplying mechanism for a wave gear drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5906142A Wave gear drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5307885A Attitude and drilling-direction control device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US5775178A Wave gear device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US5353884A Positioning device for a member and drilling system employing said positioning device Fixed Constructions 26 Expired
US5850765A Flat wave gear drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US5918508A Strain wave gearing having a non-interfering wide mesh range tooth profile Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US5782143A Flexible meshing type gear device with negative deflection passing tooth profile Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6167783A Flexible meshing type gearing having three-dimensional, non-interactive wide-area intermeshing tooth profile Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US8485064B2 Composite wave gear drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US6526849B1 Negative deflection flexible meshing type gear device having passing tooth profile with maximized tooth height Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5295925A Planetary gear transmission Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 20 Expired
US7034425B2 Hybrid synchronous electric machine Electricity 19 Expired
US7823475B2 Sealed worm gear type finger joint unit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US5715732A Harmonic flexible meshing gear device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US8191439B2 Wave-gear-type linear-actuation mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US6119553A Rotation transmitting device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.