B60K 15/077
With means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel
Official title: with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation
B60K15/077 (With means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel) appears on 584 US grants and 461 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 584
- Published applications
- 461
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 1,235
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 16 | 11 |
| 2024 | 19 | 21 |
| 2025 | 13 | 12 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Opening/closing apparatus for discharge line of fuel cell electric vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,814 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Fuel pump module for a vehicle2 Jun 2026US 12,643,395 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Transfer fuel tank19 May 2026US 12,630,009 B2SuperTanks LLC
- System for preventing the formation of fuel vapor21 Apr 2026US 12,606,369 B2
- Vehicle fuel storage system including bladder10 Mar 2026US 12,570,141 B2Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
- Assembly comprising a bladder for a fuel tank16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200314 A1OPmobility C-Power Belgium Research
- Hydrogen tank with anti-sloshing baffles, fuel tank arrangement, and aircraft26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085790 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Integrated auxiliary fuel oil tank for vehicle5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034877 A1Hebei Yili Technology Co., Ltd
- Self-contained fueling station22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021697 A1Raytheon Company
- Fuel tank of or for an aircraft, and aircraft with fuel tank11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376265 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel transfer pump and control112US 6,792,966 B2Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc. · 2004
- Fuel optimization system with improved fuel level sensor97US 6,691,025 B2SSI Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Dual fuel tank system84US 5,360,034 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1994
- Fuel optimization system with improved fuel level sensor79US 6,484,088 B1SSI Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- High performance fuel tank78US 6,661,339 B2Nextreme, LLC · 2003