B60K 26/04
Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles: of means connecting
Official title: of means connecting initiating means or elements to propulsion unit
B60K26/04 (Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles: of means connecting) appears on 217 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electric machine speed dependent variable frequency pulsed torque control for electric machine16 Jun 2026US 12,654,675 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- System and method for controlling vehicle behavior and vehicle computer employing method5 May 2026US 12,617,405 B2Futaijing Precision Electronics (Yantai) Co., Ltd.
- Adjustable accelerator pedal stroke13 Jan 2026US 12,522,065 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle pedal for a motor vehicle, method for operating a vehicle pedal for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle6 Jan 2026US 12,517,542 B2Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- System with user input for autonomous vehicle control23 Dec 2025US 12,502,961 B2Fca US LLC
- Snowmobile throttle control system23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326294 A1Polaris Industries Inc.
- System with user input for autonomous vehicle control6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074189 A1Fca US LLC
- Adjustable accelerator pedal stroke13 Feb 2025US 2025/0050732 A1Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Control pedal device16 Jan 2025US 2025/0018904 A1Denso Corporation
- Pedal device for vehicle10 Oct 2024US 2024/0338047 A1Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Accelerating pedal for electronic throttle actuation system66US 4,944,269 ASiemens-Bendix Automotive Electronics L. P. · 1990
- Electronic throttle control62US 8,534,397 B2Polaris Industries Inc. · 2013
- Throttle valve control system for an internal combustion engine60US 4,112,885 ANippon Soken, Inc. · 1978
- Go-kart assembly58US 6,749,039 B12004
- Arrangement for controlling the drive power of a motor vehicle54US 5,339,782 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 1994