B60L 7/28
Eddy-current braking
B60L7/28 (Eddy-current braking) appears on 115 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 248
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 10 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 11 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 12 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Braking arrangement for heavy duty vehicles4 Nov 2025US 12,459,368 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Inspection device for the inspection of two-dimensionally extending metal objects4 Nov 2025US 12,461,067 B2Rosen IP AG
- Wheel with eddy current magnetic braking device and aircraft landing gear provided with such a wheel4 Nov 2025US 12,463,501 B2Safran Landing Systems
- Passive eddy-current wheel brake with conical form23 Sep 2025US 12,420,917 B2Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc.
- Electrical wheel module for acceleration and braking of a heavy-duty vehicle15 Jul 2025US 12,358,377 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Eddy current retarder6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225460 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Method for deceleration of an electrically driven vehicle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217134 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
- Electric machine with integrated eddy current brake2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189102 A1
- Magnetic Brake Mitigation Module for Lightweight Electric Vehicles26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084536 A1Inventus Power, Inc.
- Eddy current deceleration device7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249753 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Eddy current brake system with dual use conductor fin62US 6,412,611 B1Magnetar Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Eddy current brake61US 6,659,237 B1Magnetar Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Starter/generator for an internal combustion engine, especially an engine of a motor vehicle56US 6,365,983 B1Grundl und Hoffman GmbH · 2002
- Permanent magnet eddy brake with flux-steering poles53US 6,523,650 B1Magnetar Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus including eddy current braking system52US 6,293,376 B1Magnetar Technologies, Inc. · 2001