B60L 53/34
Plug-like or socket-like devices specially adapted for contactless inductive charging of electric
Official title: Plug-like or socket-like devices specially adapted for contactless inductive charging of electric vehicles (positioning means for charging devices using inductive energy transfer B60L53/38)
B60L53/34 (Plug-like or socket-like devices specially adapted for contactless inductive charging of electric) appears on 171 US grants and 203 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 203
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 12 | 9 |
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| 2023 | 8 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 26 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Contactless battery charging system326US 5,341,083 AElectric Power Research Institute, Inc. · 1994
- Separable inductive coupler283US 5,216,402 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1993
- System to automatically recharge vehicles with batteries243US 7,999,506 B1SeventhDigit Corporation · 2011
- Cooled secondary coils of electric automobile charging transformer223US 5,408,209 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1995
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