B60K 7/00
Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel
B60K7/00 (Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel) appears on 2,973 US grants and 3,576 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 2,973
- Published applications
- 3,576
- Assignees
- 1,125
- Inventors
- 5,851
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 14 |
| 2002 | 30 | 23 |
| 2003 | 18 | 67 |
| 2004 | 26 | 54 |
| 2005 | 38 | 55 |
| 2006 | 40 | 60 |
| 2007 | 38 | 71 |
| 2008 | 49 | 81 |
| 2009 | 40 | 61 |
| 2010 | 46 | 76 |
| 2011 | 61 | 90 |
| 2012 | 57 | 122 |
| 2013 | 93 | 127 |
| 2014 | 112 | 129 |
| 2015 | 120 | 118 |
| 2016 | 114 | 172 |
| 2017 | 143 | 178 |
| 2018 | 138 | 205 |
| 2019 | 196 | 255 |
| 2020 | 181 | 244 |
| 2021 | 176 | 249 |
| 2022 | 213 | 251 |
| 2023 | 207 | 250 |
| 2024 | 234 | 259 |
| 2025 | 247 | 224 |
| 2026 | 133 | 141 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60K 7/0007The motor being electric2,542
- B60K 2007/0092The motor axle being coaxial to the wheel axleIndexing code1,208
- B60K 2007/0038The motor moving together with the wheel axleIndexing code1,126
- B60K 2007/0061The motor axle being parallel to the wheel axleIndexing code609
- B60K 2007/0046The motor moving together with the vehicle body, i.e. moving independently fromIndexing code405
- B60K 7/0015The motor being hydraulic342
- B60K 2007/0069The motor axle being perpendicular to the wheel axleIndexing code158
- B60K 2007/003Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel: with two orIndexing code86
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By later US patents
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