B60K 17/3465
Self-actuated means
Official title: {self-actuated means, e.g. differential locked automatically by difference of speed}
B60K17/3465 (Self-actuated means) appears on 123 US grants and 38 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 123
- Published applications
- 38
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 213
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Disconnector apparatus with limited slip differential function8 Sep 2026US 12,728,721 B2Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Differential gear unit, a vehicle comprising a differential gear unit, and a method for operating a differential gear unit18 Mar 2025US 12,253,149 B2Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co.
- Front-rear wheel driving force distribution device and front-rear wheel driving force distribution device controller28 Jan 2025US 12,208,678 B2Subaru Corporation
- Vehicle control system21 Mar 2023US 11,607,953 B2Subaru Corporation
- Drive axle system22 Feb 2022US 11,254,206 B2ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
- Disconnector apparatus with limited slip differential function1 May 2025US 2025/0135879 A1Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Disconnect differential11 Apr 2024US 2024/0116358 A1SaLa drive GmbH
- Differential gear unit, a vehicle comprising a differential gear unit, and a method for operating a differential gear unit7 Dec 2023US 2023/0392675 A1Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co.
- Front-rear wheel driving force distribution device and front-rear wheel driving force distribution device controller7 Sep 2023US 2023/0278421 A1Subaru Corporation
- Vehicle control system24 Feb 2022US 2022/0055475 A1Subaru Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Coupling apparatus for full time four wheel drive87US 4,031,780 AChrysler Corporation · 1977
- Vehicle drive system having first and second operating modes and method of operating same82US 4,381,828 AAmerican Motors Corporation · 1983
- Control couplings64US 4,058,027 AGKN Transmissions Limited · 1977
- Differential with differential motion limiting mechanism59US 4,727,966 AMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Part time on-demand four-wheel drive vehicle transaxle with viscous clutch57US 4,601,359 AChrysler Corporation · 1986