B60K 15/063
Arrangement of tanks
B60K15/063 (Arrangement of tanks) appears on 999 US grants and 1,140 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60K 15/067Mounting of tanks649
- B60K 2015/0638The fuel tank is arranged in the rear of the vehicleIndexing code258
- B60K 2015/0634The fuel tank is arranged below the vehicle floorIndexing code152
- B60K 2015/0636The fuel tank being part of the chassis or frameIndexing code84
- B60K 2015/0633The fuel tank is arranged below the rear seatIndexing code52
- B60K 2015/0637The fuel tank is arranged in the front of the vehicleIndexing code43
- B60K 2015/0632The fuel tank is arranged below the front seatIndexing code42
- B60K 2015/0639The fuel tank is arranged near or in the roofIndexing code31
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