B60D 1/18
Tow ropes, chains or the like
B60D1/18 (Tow ropes, chains or the like) appears on 159 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60D- Granted patents
- 159
- Published applications
- 162
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 306
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 11 |
| 2019 | 11 | 16 |
| 2020 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 15 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tow rope1 Sep 2026US 12,722,432 B2
- Motorcycle connecting strap28 Jul 2026US 12,691,712 B2
- Utility rope and method thereof3 Feb 2026US 12,539,722 B1Fusion Tools, Inc.
- Truck towing system30 Dec 2025US 12,508,854 B2Truckmovers.com, Inc.
- Work vehicle and attachment unit included in work vehicle30 Sep 2025US 12,427,815 B2Kubota Corporation
- Vehicle Assists and Related Methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285103 A1Primera Pro, LLC
- Movable truck having water tank for extinguishing electric car fire27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249118 A1Viscare Co.,Ltd.
- Attaching accessories to firefighting vehicles20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241215 A1Howe & Howe Inc.
- Towing hook assembly and method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241757 A1Brink Towing Systems B.V.
- Hitch receiver and coupling tongue for heavy duty applications9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192615 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual function vehicle tow hook60US 5,054,806 AChrysler Corporation · 1991
- Elastically retractable automobile towing strap54US 5,308,101 AMonty Corp. · 1994
- Level wind winch cable tensioner26US 7,380,742 B22008
- Towing device for electric vehicle24US 7,712,760 B2Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2010
- Hitch assembly22US 4,640,523 A1987