B60D 1/42
For being adjustable
Official title: for being adjustable
B60D1/42 (For being adjustable) appears on 553 US grants and 482 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60D- Granted patents
- 553
- Published applications
- 482
- Assignees
- 226
- Inventors
- 917
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 |
| 2004 | 12 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 7 | 12 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 |
| 2013 | 12 | 17 |
| 2014 | 13 | 10 |
| 2015 | 16 | 21 |
| 2016 | 20 | 13 |
| 2017 | 12 | 21 |
| 2018 | 17 | 21 |
| 2019 | 18 | 34 |
| 2020 | 29 | 31 |
| 2021 | 25 | 45 |
| 2022 | 39 | 36 |
| 2023 | 40 | 38 |
| 2024 | 33 | 29 |
| 2025 | 26 | 30 |
| 2026 | 23 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Off-road trailer6 Oct 2026US 12,752,580 B2
- Trailer dolly apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,989 B2
- Automated trailer coupling arrangement15 Sep 2026US 12,734,852 B2SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
- Automated management of a fifth-wheel hitch for an autonomous vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,728,885 B2TORC Robotics, Inc.
- Reconfigurable trailer hitch1 Sep 2026US 12,722,433 B2
- Traveling assistance device and traveling assistance control method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299585 A1Nsk Ltd.
- Hitch and Method of Manufacture10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264463 A1Gen-Y Creations, LLC
- Height adjusting tow hitch systems, vehicles, and methods including the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249656 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Bi-directional hitch with active lateral angle control13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233564 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Trailer dolly apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208801 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inventory system with mobile drive unit and inventory holder203US 7,402,018 B2Kiva Systems, Inc. · 2008
- Swing away hitch assembly for a trailer and method of manufacturing same85US 5,503,423 ATracker Marine, L.L.C. · 1996
- Adjustably extensible trailer hitch assembly68US 5,727,805 A1998
- Weight distributing hitch58US 5,465,991 AReese Products, Inc. · 1995
- Adjustable hitch ball mount for a trailer hitch57US 4,033,601 AMasco Corporation of Indiana · 1977