A63H 18/16
Control of vehicle drives by interaction between vehicle and track
Official title: Control of vehicle drives by interaction between vehicle and track; Control of track elements by vehicles
A63H18/16 (Control of vehicle drives by interaction between vehicle and track) appears on 113 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63H- Granted patents
- 113
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 191
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Devices, systems, and methods for enhancing the gameplay of toy14 Oct 2025US 12,440,776 B2Schell Games LLC
- Toy vehicle with a burnout function5 Aug 2025US 12,377,360 B2
- Magnetic block toy, and travel course design drawing24 Jun 2025US 12,337,251 B2Sunsmile Corporation
- Learning toy, mobile body for learning toy, and panel for learning toy9 May 2023US 11,645,944 B2Icon Corp.
- Toy vehicle playset with interactive object14 Feb 2023US 11,577,175 B2Mattel, Inc.
- Toy system, moving body, control method, and program21 May 2026US 2026/0140511 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Toy vehicle with a burnout function20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090969 A1
- Toy vehicle having a yaw rate sensor6 Feb 2025US 2025/0041749 A1Sturmkind GmbH
- Passenger Operated Amusement Karts, Passenger Operated Amusement Kart Wheel Assemblies, Methods for Traversing Amusement Kart Tracks, and Methods for Engaging a Passenger Operated Amusement Kart to a Track22 Aug 2024US 2024/0278141 A1
- Chip board system30 Nov 2023US 2023/0381637 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Competitive game simulation machine394US 6,019,369 AKonami Corporation · 2000
- System for detecting a position of a movable object without contact106US 5,698,861 AKonami Corporation · 1997
- Toy vehicles and play sets with contactless identification90US 7,387,559 B2Mattel, Inc. · 2008
- Metal sensing apparatus for use in operable toys60US 4,658,928 ASamsung Corporation · 1987
- Toy vehicle racing game37US 4,386,777 AAurora Products Canada Limited · 1983