B60K 16/00
Arrangements in connection with power supply of propulsion units in vehicles from
Official title: Arrangements in connection with power supply of propulsion units in vehicles from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind (electric propulsion with power supply from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind, B60L8/00; wind motors specially adapted for installation on vehicles F03D9/32)
B60K16/00 (Arrangements in connection with power supply of propulsion units in vehicles from) appears on 255 US grants and 398 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
Recent patents
- Hydraulic mobile cart for produce harvesting18 Aug 2026US 12,709,152 B2
- Electric vehicle chargeable by wind energy18 Aug 2026US 12,709,176 B2
- Refrigerated cargo vehicle with alternator driven refrigeration system28 Jul 2026US 12,691,730 B2Johnson Truck Bodies, LLC
- Integrating a solar panel in a vehicle body part19 May 2026US 12,633,867 B2
- Vehicle equipped with a wind power electricity generator21 Apr 2026US 12,606,010 B2Prata Bruno Design
- Control system, control device, control method, and storage medium thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249883 A1Denso Corporation
- e-Trailer with Solar Modules13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238158 A1Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
- System and method for multi-dimensional knowledge representation12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071609 A1
- Super ev1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001412 A1Dr. Nakamats Innovation Institute
- Tractor Cab Assembly18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382020 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Line inspection robot and system244US 8,666,553 B2Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. · 2014
- Scavenger energy converter system its new applications and its control systems239US 6,327,994 B12001
- Hybrid power generation and energy storage system185US 8,099,198 B2Echogen Power Systems, LLC · 2012
- Integrated power source132US 5,644,207 AThe Johns Hopkins University · 1997
- Integrated power source layered with thin film rechargeable batteries, charger, and charge-control94US 6,608,464 B1The Johns Hopkins University · 2003