B60K 17/02
Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles: characterised by arrangement, location, or
Official title: characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of clutch
B60K17/02 (Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles: characterised by arrangement, location, or) appears on 1,047 US grants and 1,151 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 1,047
- Published applications
- 1,151
- Assignees
- 320
- Inventors
- 2,201
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 104 | 79 |
| 2025 | 89 | 77 |
| 2026 | 49 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Inline drive assembly for four-wheel drive vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285148 A1The Hilliard Corporation
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for transmitting torque by using a clutch of an automatic planetary transmission as a start clutch in a motor vehicle244US 5,836,849 ABayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · 1998
- Twin engine power uniter121US 10,435,026 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2019
- All-terrain vehicle, drive train for such a vehicle and method of its operation99US 6,182,784 B22001
- Operational modes for hybrid fire fighting vehicle74US 10,974,724 B1Oshkosh Corporation · 2021
- Electric machine having at least one clutch69US 5,773,904 AMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft · 1998