B60K 1/00
Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units
Official title: Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00)
B60K1/00 (Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units) appears on 9,573 US grants and 12,136 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 9,573
- Published applications
- 12,136
- Assignees
- 1,914
- Inventors
- 18,656
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 58 | 0 |
| 1998 | 69 | 0 |
| 1999 | 43 | 0 |
| 2000 | 54 | 0 |
| 2001 | 56 | 33 |
| 2002 | 94 | 104 |
| 2003 | 75 | 129 |
| 2004 | 81 | 139 |
| 2005 | 86 | 163 |
| 2006 | 130 | 161 |
| 2007 | 151 | 209 |
| 2008 | 122 | 233 |
| 2009 | 127 | 387 |
| 2010 | 174 | 374 |
| 2011 | 242 | 261 |
| 2012 | 317 | 308 |
| 2013 | 308 | 303 |
| 2014 | 287 | 275 |
| 2015 | 327 | 320 |
| 2016 | 252 | 323 |
| 2017 | 348 | 455 |
| 2018 | 350 | 478 |
| 2019 | 461 | 597 |
| 2020 | 502 | 754 |
| 2021 | 573 | 851 |
| 2022 | 674 | 1137 |
| 2023 | 777 | 1065 |
| 2024 | 947 | 1147 |
| 2025 | 987 | 1167 |
| 2026 | 630 | 763 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60K 1/04Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units: of the electric storage means4,267
- B60K 1/02Comprising more than one electric motor2,674
- B60K 2001/003Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units: with means for cooling theIndexing code1,887
- B60K 2001/001One motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and leftIndexing code1,753
- B60K 2001/008Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units: with means for heating theIndexing code85
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