B60K 15/035
Characterised by venting means
Official title: characterised by venting means
B60K15/035 (Characterised by venting means) appears on 1,895 US grants and 1,577 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 1,895
- Published applications
- 1,577
- Assignees
- 479
- Inventors
- 2,776
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 74 | 56 |
| 2023 | 72 | 51 |
| 2024 | 33 | 37 |
| 2025 | 28 | 26 |
| 2026 | 21 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60K 15/03519Valve arrangements in the vent line1,014
- B60K 15/03504Adapted to avoid loss of fuel or fuel vapour947
- B60K 2015/03561Venting means working at specific timesIndexing code326
- B60K 2015/03542Mounting of the venting meansIndexing code243
- B60K 2015/03523Arrangements of the venting tubeIndexing code197
- B60K 2015/0358The venting is actuated by specific signals or positions of particular partsIndexing code162
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Safety and venting cap for vehicle fuel tanks206US 4,457,325 AGT Development Corporation · 1984
- Vented fuel tank cap and valve assembly186US 4,796,777 A1989
- Bi-directional vent and overpressure relief valve153US 5,249,598 AVernay Laboratories, Inc. · 1993
- Onboard vapor recovery system with two-stage shutoff valve108US 5,590,697 AG. T. Products, Inc. · 1997
- Side-by-side all terrain vehicle107US 8,997,908 B2Polaris Industries Inc. · 2015