B60K 17/04
Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles: characterised by arrangement, location or
Official title: characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing
B60K17/04 (Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles: characterised by arrangement, location or) appears on 5,333 US grants and 4,728 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 5,333
- Published applications
- 4,728
- Assignees
- 1,255
- Inventors
- 8,339
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 30 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 24 | 0 |
| 1981 | 31 | 0 |
| 1982 | 28 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 37 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 50 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 62 | 0 |
| 1997 | 61 | 0 |
| 1998 | 75 | 0 |
| 1999 | 84 | 0 |
| 2000 | 88 | 0 |
| 2001 | 88 | 38 |
| 2002 | 92 | 89 |
| 2003 | 106 | 110 |
| 2004 | 95 | 128 |
| 2005 | 93 | 127 |
| 2006 | 100 | 114 |
| 2007 | 95 | 151 |
| 2008 | 116 | 122 |
| 2009 | 83 | 127 |
| 2010 | 84 | 100 |
| 2011 | 118 | 86 |
| 2012 | 102 | 127 |
| 2013 | 114 | 123 |
| 2014 | 118 | 146 |
| 2015 | 143 | 151 |
| 2016 | 149 | 172 |
| 2017 | 175 | 208 |
| 2018 | 166 | 251 |
| 2019 | 254 | 318 |
| 2020 | 253 | 273 |
| 2021 | 277 | 368 |
| 2022 | 319 | 354 |
| 2023 | 323 | 307 |
| 2024 | 331 | 299 |
| 2025 | 291 | 265 |
| 2026 | 166 | 174 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60K 17/043Transmission unit disposed in on near the vehicle wheel, or between the1,743
- B60K 17/16Of differential gearing1,663
- B60K 17/10Of fluid gearing1,109
- B60K 17/06Of change-speed gearing1,072
- B60K 17/12Of electric gearing200
- B60K 17/14The motor of fluid or electric gearing being disposed in, or adjacent199
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