B60R 25/04
Operating on the propulsion system
Official title: operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
B60R25/04 (Operating on the propulsion system) appears on 2,119 US grants and 1,630 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 2,119
- Published applications
- 1,630
- Assignees
- 665
- Inventors
- 3,449
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 34 | 0 |
| 1996 | 58 | 0 |
| 1997 | 74 | 0 |
| 1998 | 80 | 0 |
| 1999 | 64 | 0 |
| 2000 | 60 | 0 |
| 2001 | 48 | 22 |
| 2002 | 56 | 79 |
| 2003 | 72 | 66 |
| 2004 | 73 | 107 |
| 2005 | 50 | 88 |
| 2006 | 67 | 99 |
| 2007 | 68 | 69 |
| 2008 | 55 | 71 |
| 2009 | 49 | 72 |
| 2010 | 47 | 36 |
| 2011 | 47 | 44 |
| 2012 | 57 | 30 |
| 2013 | 43 | 29 |
| 2014 | 35 | 18 |
| 2015 | 34 | 44 |
| 2016 | 28 | 61 |
| 2017 | 50 | 62 |
| 2018 | 62 | 54 |
| 2019 | 73 | 69 |
| 2020 | 73 | 77 |
| 2021 | 66 | 102 |
| 2022 | 69 | 74 |
| 2023 | 64 | 68 |
| 2024 | 84 | 59 |
| 2025 | 59 | 70 |
| 2026 | 41 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 25/045By limiting or cutting the electrical supply to the propulsion unit304
- B60R 25/06Operating on the vehicle transmission194
- B60R 25/042Operating on the fuel supply120
- B60R 2025/0405From the externalIndexing code78
- B60R 2025/0415With safe immobilisationIndexing code39
- B60R 25/043By blocking the exhaust23
- B60R 2025/041Preventing use of engine operating on the fluid supplyIndexing code20
- B60R 25/044By limiting or blocking the air supply1
Recent patents
- Vehicle anti-theft system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,738 B2
- System for ensuring safe driving by young drivers29 Sep 2026US 12,749,390 B2Smartsafe Console, LLC
- Methods and systems for driver identification15 Sep 2026US 12,734,992 B2BlackBerry Limited
- Construction machine and user login method using same15 Sep 2026US 12,734,993 B2Hd Construction Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle movement restrictions premised on electronic keys8 Sep 2026US 12,728,815 B2Engle Grange, LLC
- Remote vehicle disabling system for law enforcement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307619 A1
- Driver braking request sensor, motorized braking apparatus, and method for operating at least one driver braking request sensor together with at least one motorized braking apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307629 A1
- Method and Control Unit for Enabling a Remote Control Service for a Vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310196 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Devices, systems, and methods for authorizing access to a protected resource1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296370 A1Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
- Autonomous vehicle extended reality environments24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285253 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle tracking and security system1,604US 5,223,844 AAuto-Trac, Inc. · 1993
- Vehicle communication and remote control system1,045US 6,028,537 APrince Corporation · 2000
- Apparatus, method and article for authentication, security and control of power storage devices, such as batteries1,019US 9,182,244 B2Gogoro Inc. · 2015
- User identifying vehicle control and security device474US 4,754,255 A1988
- Method and system for an in-vehicle computing architecture383US 6,161,071 ANavigation Technologies Corp. · 2000