B60G 2206/40
Constructional features of dampers and/or springs
B60G2206/40 (Constructional features of dampers and/or springs) appears on 1,354 US grants and 1,406 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,406
- Assignees
- 496
- Inventors
- 2,552
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 106 | 97 |
| 2025 | 96 | 65 |
| 2026 | 65 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Suspension damping for a vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307450 A1ADS Performance Group LLC
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- Enhanced computer optimized adaptive suspension system and method172US 7,076,351 B2Great Northern Technologies, LLC · 2006
- Control system for a vehicle suspension155US 6,389,341 B1Davis Family Irrevocable Trust · 2002