B60P 3/12
Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or
Official title: for salvaging damaged vehicles
B60P3/12 (Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or) appears on 651 US grants and 460 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60P- Granted patents
- 651
- Published applications
- 460
- Assignees
- 193
- Inventors
- 841
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 10 |
| 2002 | 16 | 13 |
| 2003 | 15 | 21 |
| 2004 | 20 | 26 |
| 2005 | 12 | 31 |
| 2006 | 15 | 33 |
| 2007 | 12 | 18 |
| 2008 | 12 | 28 |
| 2009 | 13 | 27 |
| 2010 | 16 | 21 |
| 2011 | 19 | 23 |
| 2012 | 21 | 21 |
| 2013 | 21 | 12 |
| 2014 | 19 | 10 |
| 2015 | 11 | 21 |
| 2016 | 14 | 18 |
| 2017 | 17 | 19 |
| 2018 | 19 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8 |
| 2021 | 13 | 18 |
| 2022 | 10 | 15 |
| 2023 | 15 | 16 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Leveling system for lift device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,525 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Vehicle dolly23 Jun 2026US 12,662,041 B2ZheJiang TOPSUN Logistics Control Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for determining a vehicle rigging setup24 Feb 2026US 12,559,017 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Device for salvaging a motor vehicle17 Feb 2026US 12,552,306 B2Castellan AG
- Hydraulic single axle tow dolly10 Feb 2026US 12,545,167 B1
- Movable truck having water tank for extinguishing electric car fire27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249118 A1Viscare Co.,Ltd.
- Tow truck wheel lift assemblies9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192728 A1
- Systems and methods for determining a vehicle rigging setup25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175767 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Method of moving electric vehicles28 May 2026US 2026/0145012 A1Mobile Road Service Solutions, LLC
- Adjustable lateral retriever for a recovery tow truck7 May 2026US 2026/0124980 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Towing apparatus for coupling to towed vehicle undercarriage1,031US 4,948,327 A1990
- Advanced rollback wheel-lift174US 5,951,235 AJerr-Dan Corporation · 1999
- Over-center towing locking mechanism for tow truck wheel lift or the like149US 6,315,515 B1Jerr-Dan Corporation · 2001
- Advanced rollback wheel-lift149US 6,336,783 B12002
- Universal adjustable wrecker body sub-frame and body panel assemblies140US 6,120,235 AJerr-Dan Corporation · 2000