B60K 20/02
Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles: of initiating
Official title: of initiating means
B60K20/02 (Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles: of initiating) appears on 668 US grants and 488 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
- Military vehicle accessory systems and method29 Sep 2026US 12,746,927 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC
- Shift device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,961 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Vehicle drive train control interface8 Sep 2026US 12,728,723 B2GHSP, Inc.
- Shift plate control panel for off-road vehicle30 Jun 2026US 12,669,174 B2Geiser, Inc.
- Control apparatus for vehicle2 Jun 2026US 12,643,397 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Manually Operated Actuator and Method for Controlling a Manually Operated Actuator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311675 A1Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
- A gear shift system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296304 A1Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Shift device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298333 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Shift-by-wire apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298334 A1Isuzu Motors Limited
- Shifting apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264512 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
Most cited
By later US patents
- Four-wheeled buggy248US 5,327,989 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994
- Operation of servo devices for driving a motor vehicle - control, arrangement and method132US 5,335,743 ASaab Automobile Aktiebolag · 1994
- Personal transporter having multiple independent wheel drive94US 5,921,338 ARobin L. Edmondson · 1999
- Universal control for electrically controlled vehicle transmission77US 5,161,422 APrince Corporation · 1992
- Shifting arrangement for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle73US 4,987,792 ADr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft · 1991