B60L 53/51
Photovoltaic means
B60L53/51 (Photovoltaic means) appears on 679 US grants and 1,223 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 679
- Published applications
- 1,223
- Assignees
- 468
- Inventors
- 2,197
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 24 |
| 2011 | 6 | 32 |
| 2012 | 8 | 49 |
| 2013 | 28 | 61 |
| 2014 | 31 | 50 |
| 2015 | 28 | 39 |
| 2016 | 38 | 36 |
| 2017 | 40 | 46 |
| 2018 | 34 | 47 |
| 2019 | 34 | 39 |
| 2020 | 40 | 75 |
| 2021 | 44 | 72 |
| 2022 | 58 | 102 |
| 2023 | 62 | 148 |
| 2024 | 74 | 148 |
| 2025 | 84 | 123 |
| 2026 | 52 | 110 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Scalable, buffered differential power processing architecture8 Sep 2026US 12,731,999 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
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- Power management apparatus and power management method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296236 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Power distribution and direct current charging1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296238 A1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Smart electric vehicle (EV) charging and grid integration apparatus and methods998US 9,026,347 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2015
- Wireless energy transfer using planar capacitively loaded conducting loop resonators449US 8,035,255 B2WiTricity Corporation · 2011
- Wireless energy transfer converters438US 8,497,601 B2WiTricity Corporation · 2013
- Multi-use UAV docking station systems and methods430US 9,387,928 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- Wireless energy transfer for refrigerator application311US 8,106,539 B2WiTricity Corporation · 2012