A61G 5/048
Power-assistance activated by pushing on hand rim or on handlebar
Official title: {Power-assistance activated by pushing on hand rim or on handlebar}
A61G5/048 (Power-assistance activated by pushing on hand rim or on handlebar) appears on 129 US grants and 140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 129
- Published applications
- 140
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 251
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 27 |
| 2017 | 13 | 5 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pump-action wheelchair and conversion kit6 Oct 2026US 12,751,871 B2
- Muscle-powered wheelchair and method for controlling an auxiliary drive for same12 May 2026US 12,622,827 B2Motion Advantage Verwaltungs-GmbH
- Electric power-assisting wheelchair control device21 Apr 2026US 12,605,293 B2Technotonin Industries LLC
- Electrical power assistance device for transport wheelchair14 Apr 2026US 12,599,520 B2Udeego, Inc.
- Motion-based power assist system for wheelchairs21 Oct 2025US 12,447,076 B2Max Mobility, LLC
- Wheelchair24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283872 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Electric wheelchair13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232504 A1Jtekt Corporation
- System to measure pushrim propulsion dynamics in wheelchairs30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219076 A1The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Electrical power assistance device for transport wheelchair23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207401 A1Udeego, Inc.
- Motion-based power assist system for wheelchairs2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090930 A1Max Mobility, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Power-assisted wheelchair93US 5,234,066 AStaodyn, Inc. · 1993
- Wheelchair92US 5,927,414 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Power assist vehicle65US 6,459,962 B2DeltaGlide, Inc. · 2002
- Electric power-assisted wheelchair63US 5,818,189 AYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Hybrid human/electric powered vehicle63US 7,017,686 B2DEKA Products Limited Partnership · 2006