B60L 53/16
Connectors
Official title: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
B60L53/16 (Connectors) appears on 2,723 US grants and 4,308 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 2,723
- Published applications
- 4,308
- Assignees
- 1,105
- Inventors
- 7,005
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 27 |
| 2010 | 7 | 36 |
| 2011 | 26 | 77 |
| 2012 | 39 | 115 |
| 2013 | 63 | 127 |
| 2014 | 78 | 171 |
| 2015 | 117 | 169 |
| 2016 | 171 | 140 |
| 2017 | 157 | 169 |
| 2018 | 132 | 141 |
| 2019 | 160 | 222 |
| 2020 | 140 | 262 |
| 2021 | 192 | 285 |
| 2022 | 276 | 351 |
| 2023 | 224 | 477 |
| 2024 | 261 | 568 |
| 2025 | 298 | 526 |
| 2026 | 265 | 421 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- High voltage cable routing for electrified vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,140 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Control method, device and system for vehicle charging port cover, and electric vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,645 B2Great Wall Motor Company Limited
- Charging connection device for drone6 Oct 2026US 12,752,646 B2Argosdyne Co. Ltd.
- Charging inlet6 Oct 2026US 12,752,647 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Precharging using a motor-inverter system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,651 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- High voltage cable routing for electrified vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306888 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Connector health monitoring system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307515 A1TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
- Charging apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307516 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and Device for Connecting a Connector of an Electric Vehicle Charger to a Socket on an Electric Vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307518 A1Rocsys B.V.
- In-vehicle cutoff device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307523 A1Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical connector1,054US 5,558,533 AYazaki Corporation · 1996
- Solar recharge station for electric vehicles286US 5,315,227 A1994
- Battery condition monitoring and recording system for electric vehicles263US 5,349,535 ADigicomp Research Corporation · 1994
- Electric vehicle charging station258US 5,306,999 AHubbell Incorporated · 1994
- System to automatically recharge vehicles with batteries243US 7,999,506 B1SeventhDigit Corporation · 2011