B60R 25/0215
Using electric means
Official title: using electric means, e.g. electric motors or solenoids
B60R25/0215 (Using electric means) appears on 177 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 325
- Latest grant
- 9 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 20 |
| 2005 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10 |
| 2009 | 7 | 17 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 |
| 2011 | 11 | 8 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 14 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Removable steering wheels of vehicles and related methods9 Dec 2025US 12,491,838 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Steering system9 Sep 2025US 12,409,880 B2Jtekt Corporation
- Steering control device8 Jul 2025US 12,351,252 B2Denso Corporation
- Vehicle theft deterrent apparatus19 Nov 2024US 12,145,530 B2Subaru Corporation
- Sensor unit15 Oct 2024US 12,119,589 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Removable steering wheels of vehicles and related methods14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256680 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Steering control device13 Jul 2023US 2023/0219617 A1Denso Corporation
- Vehicle theft deterrent apparatus2 Mar 2023US 2023/0068994 A1Subaru Corporation
- Steering system26 Jan 2023US 2023/0026250 A1Jtekt Corporation
- Steering wheel locking control apparatus and method12 Jan 2023US 2023/0009437 A1Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Keyless entry system for automotive devices with compact, portable wireless code transmitter, and feature for preventing users from locking transmitter in vehicle85US 4,672,375 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Steering column lock apparatus and method80US 7,140,213 B2Strattec Security Corporation · 2006
- Steering lock apparatus79US 6,233,986 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki · 2001
- Electric drive steering locking apparatus75US 8,838,341 B2U-Shin Ltd. · 2014
- Steering column lock apparatus and method36US 6,571,587 B2Strattec Security Corporation · 2003