B60K 17/346
The transfer gear being a differential gear
Official title: the transfer gear being a differential gear
B60K17/346 (The transfer gear being a differential gear) appears on 1,007 US grants and 648 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
- Disconnector apparatus with limited slip differential function8 Sep 2026US 12,728,721 B2Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Drive device for a motor vehicle drive train of an electric vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,722,480 B2ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Driving apparatus for vehicle23 Jun 2026US 12,661,980 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Disconnector apparatus with limited-slip differential9 Jun 2026US 12,650,161 B2Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Vehicle having a continuously variable transmission2 Jun 2026US 12,644,507 B2Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
- Off-Road Vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296184 A1Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co., Ltd.
- Drive unit with differential and bearing support assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241788 A1GKN Automotive AG
- Vehicle differential disconnect assembly2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184162 A1Warn Automotive, LLC
- Electrified transfer cases gearbox architecture16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103070 A1Magna Powertrain of America, Inc.
- Transfer case assembly2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091669 A1Countytrac Ltd
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- Drive unit for hybrid vehicle117US 6,041,877 AFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Vehicle control96US 7,349,776 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2008