B60Q 1/42
Having mechanical automatic return to inoperative position due to steering-wheel position
Official title: {having mechanical automatic return to inoperative position} due to steering-wheel position {, e.g. with roller wheel control}
B60Q1/42 (Having mechanical automatic return to inoperative position due to steering-wheel position) appears on 123 US grants and 59 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 123
- Published applications
- 59
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 202
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Turn signal switch device7 Apr 2026US 12,594,878 B2Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle control method and vehicle control device5 Aug 2025US 12,377,775 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Lever switch mounted on vehicle15 Apr 2025US 12,278,066 B2Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
- Steering column switch for a motor vehicle11 Feb 2025US 12,221,031 B2KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Cancel cam26 Nov 2024US 12,151,606 B2Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
- Dynamically-controlled automatic turn signal cancellation in a vehicle29 May 2025US 2025/0170952 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Turn signal switch device5 Oct 2023US 2023/0311748 A1Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
- Steering Column Switch for a Motor Vehicle17 Aug 2023US 2023/0256898 A1KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Cancel cam22 Dec 2022US 2022/0402425 A1Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
- Turn signal auto cancel mechanism having axially-operable toggle22 Dec 2022US 2022/0402426 A1GHSP, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical switch device58US 4,315,117 AKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho · 1982
- Lever switch device30US 5,272,290 AKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho · 1993
- Turn signal apparatus26US 5,030,802 AKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho · 1991
- Plural switch construction having rotary and linear switch contact assemblies operated by independent operators25US 3,940,579 ASWF-Spezialfabrik fur Autozubehor Gustav Rau GmbH · 1976
- Multifunction steering column switch23US 5,049,706 A1991