B60Q 5/008
For signaling silent vehicles
Official title: {for signaling silent vehicles, e.g. for warning that a hybrid or electric vehicle is approaching}
B60Q5/008 (For signaling silent vehicles) appears on 297 US grants and 396 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 297
- Published applications
- 396
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 635
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 13 |
| 2012 | 11 | 34 |
| 2013 | 8 | 39 |
| 2014 | 20 | 24 |
| 2015 | 32 | 23 |
| 2016 | 18 | 20 |
| 2017 | 25 | 23 |
| 2018 | 30 | 19 |
| 2019 | 23 | 29 |
| 2020 | 16 | 19 |
| 2021 | 14 | 23 |
| 2022 | 21 | 23 |
| 2023 | 14 | 29 |
| 2024 | 25 | 24 |
| 2025 | 19 | 28 |
| 2026 | 14 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Simulated sound generator for electric vehicles161US 5,635,903 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
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- Apparatus generating noise sound for electric car23US 5,517,173 ASamsung Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. · 1996
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