B60L 53/00
Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles
Official title: Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
B60L53/00 (Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles) appears on 15,334 US grants and 23,194 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2025 | 1594 | 2269 |
| 2026 | 1178 | 1601 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60L 53/10Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles: characterised by the8,981
- B60L 53/60Monitoring or controlling charging stations6,066
- B60L 53/30Constructional details of charging stations5,509
- B60L 53/20Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles: characterised by converters2,512
- B60L 53/50Charging stations characterised by energy-storage or power-generation means1,643
- B60L 53/80Exchanging energy storage elements1,377
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- Ground power supply device and wiring8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307513 A1Denso Corporation
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Voltage converter control apparatus, and method1,440US 7,199,537 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2007
- Apparatus, method and article for physical security of power storage devices in vehicles1,063US 8,560,147 B2Gogoro Inc. · 2013
- Electrical connector1,054US 5,558,533 AYazaki Corporation · 1996
- Electric wheeled apparatus1,045US 8,851,215 B2Makita Corporation · 2014
- Apparatus, method and article for authentication, security and control of power storage devices, such as batteries1,019US 9,182,244 B2Gogoro Inc. · 2015