B60L 50/50
Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power supplied
Official title: using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells
B60L50/50 (Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle: using propulsion power supplied) appears on 14,254 US grants and 19,197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 14,254
- Published applications
- 19,197
- Assignees
- 3,095
- Inventors
- 28,931
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 27 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 29 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 33 | 0 |
| 1993 | 30 | 0 |
| 1994 | 70 | 0 |
| 1995 | 58 | 0 |
| 1996 | 86 | 0 |
| 1997 | 81 | 0 |
| 1998 | 122 | 0 |
| 1999 | 102 | 0 |
| 2000 | 111 | 0 |
| 2001 | 100 | 44 |
| 2002 | 112 | 119 |
| 2003 | 90 | 145 |
| 2004 | 105 | 191 |
| 2005 | 102 | 182 |
| 2006 | 136 | 199 |
| 2007 | 131 | 200 |
| 2008 | 158 | 288 |
| 2009 | 138 | 361 |
| 2010 | 198 | 444 |
| 2011 | 295 | 488 |
| 2012 | 362 | 631 |
| 2013 | 469 | 752 |
| 2014 | 499 | 808 |
| 2015 | 665 | 863 |
| 2016 | 690 | 842 |
| 2017 | 785 | 760 |
| 2018 | 786 | 894 |
| 2019 | 806 | 1022 |
| 2020 | 854 | 1269 |
| 2021 | 918 | 1128 |
| 2022 | 990 | 1290 |
| 2023 | 903 | 1401 |
| 2024 | 1058 | 1586 |
| 2025 | 1118 | 1807 |
| 2026 | 825 | 1483 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60L 50/60Using power supplied by batteries10,320
- B60L 50/51Characterised by ac-motors2,482
- B60L 50/70Using power supplied by fuel cells963
- B60L 50/52Characterised by dc-motors892
- B60L 50/53In combination with an external power supply378
- B60L 50/75Using propulsion power supplied by both fuel cells and batteries299
Recent patents
- High voltage cable routing for electrified vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,140 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- System and method for allocating battery power for electric vehicles with a disconnect clutch6 Oct 2026US 12,752,622 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Battery electric vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,637 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems for auxiliary battery for inverter for electric vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,639 B2BorgWarner Inc.
- Control system for a hybrid vehicle with a dual voltage direct current bus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,640 B2Deere & Company
- High voltage cable routing for electrified vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306888 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Detection and remediation of liquid intrusion in vehicle battery packs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307491 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Electrified vehicle and a method for controlling regenerative braking thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307500 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Electric vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307504 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Battery electric vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307506 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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- Tunable frangible battery pack system1,223US 7,923,144 B2Tesla, Inc. · 2011
- Apparatus, method and article for physical security of power storage devices in vehicles1,063US 8,560,147 B2Gogoro Inc. · 2013
- Electric wheeled apparatus1,045US 8,851,215 B2Makita Corporation · 2014