B60K 2023/0841
For locking a central differential
Official title: {for locking a central differential, e.g. by using a lock-up clutch}
B60K2023/0841 (For locking a central differential) appears on 41 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Positive drive differential with pinion disconnect16 Dec 2025US 12,496,902 B2The Hilliard Corporation
- Systems and methods for driveline control15 Jul 2025US 12,358,355 B2Dana Italia S.R.L.
- Method for controlling a drive device for a working machine10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264514 A1ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Control strategies to reduce nvh during operation of vehicle axle disconnect devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249684 A1Fca US LLC
- Controller for controlling a differential lock system, differential lock system, axle assembly, method and computer readable instructions16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103072 A1
- System and method for controlling one or more vehicles18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383659 A1Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB
- Disconnector apparatus with limited slip differential function1 May 2025US 2025/0135879 A1Hyundai Transys Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transfer case5US 9,108,511 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2015
- System and method of preventing articulated machine roll-over5US 9,114,705 B2Caterpillar Inc. · 2015
- Inter-axle differential and method for operation of said inter-axle differential4US 11,098,793 B1Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC · 2021
- Transfer case having a lubrication guide3US 10,274,074 B1BorgWarner Inc. · 2019
- Method of controlling a tandem axle assembly3US 10,926,633 B2Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC · 2021