B60K 11/08
Air inlets for cooling
Official title: Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor
B60K11/08 (Air inlets for cooling) appears on 1,292 US grants and 1,439 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,439
- Assignees
- 385
- Inventors
- 2,961
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 60 | 91 |
| 2024 | 62 | 88 |
| 2025 | 78 | 66 |
| 2026 | 57 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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