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Bi-directional roller clutch with centrifugally controlled free-wheel action

EP 0580988 B1 · Applicant: STEYR-DAIMLER-PUCH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed June 1, 1993 and granted December 6, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 1, 2013.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by December 1, 2018.
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FiledJune 1, 1993
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedDecember 6, 1995
Term endedJune 1, 2013
Application numberEP 93108768
Classification (CPC)F16D41/088 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJune 1, 1993PublishedFeb 2, 1994Patent grantedDec 6, 1995Term endedJune 1, 2013

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