B60M 7/003
Power lines or rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types
Official title: {for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)}
B60M7/003 (Power lines or rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types) appears on 163 US grants and 226 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60M- Granted patents
- 163
- Published applications
- 226
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 319
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2021 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 4 | 12 |
| 2023 | 3 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- System and method for powering on-road electric vehicles via wireless power transfer28 May 2026US 2026/0145541 A1Electreon Wireless Ltd.
- System comprising at least one electrically propellable vehicle26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084540 A1Evias AB
- System and method of determining status of a charging station4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368440 A1Autostore Technology AS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical powered vehicle and power feeding device for vehicle58US 8,008,888 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2011
- Electric traction transportation system with storage battery powered vehicles and fast recharge at the vehicle stops46US 3,955,657 A1976
- Charging stations for electric vehicles43US 8,324,858 B2Proterra Inc. · 2012
- Electric vehicle32US 8,517,126 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2013
- Inductive power transmission and distribution apparatus using a coaxial transformer31US 6,686,823 B2PRI Automation, Inc. · 2004