B60Q 3/80
Circuits
Official title: Circuits; Control arrangements (for dashboards B60Q3/16; for mass transit vehicles B60Q3/47)
B60Q3/80 (Circuits) appears on 1,242 US grants and 1,338 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 1,242
- Published applications
- 1,338
- Assignees
- 484
- Inventors
- 2,840
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 5 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 |
| 2004 | 12 | 20 |
| 2005 | 12 | 30 |
| 2006 | 16 | 26 |
| 2007 | 20 | 25 |
| 2008 | 18 | 29 |
| 2009 | 15 | 31 |
| 2010 | 17 | 21 |
| 2011 | 15 | 18 |
| 2012 | 19 | 22 |
| 2013 | 20 | 20 |
| 2014 | 21 | 39 |
| 2015 | 27 | 83 |
| 2016 | 61 | 72 |
| 2017 | 64 | 79 |
| 2018 | 95 | 121 |
| 2019 | 112 | 117 |
| 2020 | 83 | 86 |
| 2021 | 80 | 87 |
| 2022 | 69 | 88 |
| 2023 | 80 | 87 |
| 2024 | 84 | 74 |
| 2025 | 69 | 64 |
| 2026 | 46 | 64 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Steering device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,593 B2Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
- Interior equipment for a motor vehicle having a lighting module with a flexible guide sheet6 Oct 2026US 12,752,700 B2Valeo Vision
- Method and device for controlling the interior lighting of a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,701 B2Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Illuminated control module for a motor vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,753,904 B2Dav
- Real-time contextual vehicle lighting systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,875 B2Cobalt Industries Inc.
- Apparatus and method for configuring vehicle environment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307663 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- A gear shift system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296304 A1Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Method for Activating a Vehicle Function, Vehicle Function System, and Vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296339 A1Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Touch switch1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303094 A1MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Illuminated seat belt buckle for a seat belt device of a motor vehicle10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264605 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle interior LED lighting system962US 7,195,381 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2007
- Information display for rearview mirrors647US 4,882,565 ADonnelly Corporation · 1989
- Video mirror system for a vehicle485US 7,619,508 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2009
- Interior mirror assembly for a vehicle incorporating a solid-state light source474US 6,139,172 ADonnelly Corporation · 2000
- Vehicle instrumentation/console lighting443US 5,671,996 ADonnelly Corporation · 1997