B60L 2270/42
Means to improve acoustic vehicle detection by humans
B60L2270/42 (Means to improve acoustic vehicle detection by humans) appears on 56 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 56
- Published applications
- 75
- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 164
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 15 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Battery electric vehicle2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184189 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method for method of optimizing nvh and efficiency of electric powertrain2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184193 A1Cummins Inc.
- Vehicle and method of controlling the same14 May 2026US 2026/0131659 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021710 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Simulated sound generator for electric vehicles161US 5,635,903 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Vehicle engine sound enhancement32US 8,320,581 B2Bose Corporation · 2012
- System and method for providing feedback to a driver of a hybrid vehicle31US 6,751,534 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2004
- Vehicle sound synthesizer24US 6,859,539 B1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2005
- Automatic collision detection, warning, avoidance and prevention in parked cars16US 11,427,195 B1Ambarella International LP · 2022