B60S 3/045
Other hand-held cleaning arrangements
Official title: {Other hand-held cleaning arrangements, e.g. with sponges, brushes, scrapers or the like (brushes per se A46B)}
B60S3/045 (Other hand-held cleaning arrangements) appears on 315 US grants and 285 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60S- Granted patents
- 315
- Published applications
- 285
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 510
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 8 | 10 |
| 2004 | 6 | 13 |
| 2005 | 3 | 16 |
| 2006 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 6 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 15 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 | 17 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6 |
| 2016 | 17 | 22 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 |
| 2018 | 14 | 19 |
| 2019 | 8 | 21 |
| 2020 | 13 | 15 |
| 2021 | 10 | 16 |
| 2022 | 10 | 16 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 15 |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electric vehicle charging socket cleaning tool and method29 Sep 2026US 12,749,860 B2International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
- Spindle brush14 Jul 2026US 12,677,932 B1RevHD LLC
- Center console for a vehicle7 Jul 2026US 12,673,616 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- System and method for a handheld multi-use curved windshield squeegee23 Jun 2026US 12,662,090 B1
- Vehicle washing system and method31 Mar 2026US 12,588,751 B2Smith Intellectual Property, LLC
- Portable wash station13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233258 A1Bold Limited
- Stationary transfer platform and cleaning device for supply transport device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194180 A1Veltek Associates, Inc.
- Windshield ice scraper device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175820 A1
- Sponge block having outer cover replacement function29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027590 A1Msforyou Co., Ltd.
- Windshield Cleaning Appliance and Cleaner Composition22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021790 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- DC powered scrubber89US 5,289,605 A1994
- Watertight joint for rigid piping, in particular for the articulation of a washing brush fed with water87US 4,717,180 AClaber S. p. A. · 1988
- Combination scraper and squeegee63US 4,124,915 AS/V Tool Company, Inc. · 1978
- Method and apparatus for removing standing water from flat and contoured surfaces60US 6,796,000 B2One Pass LLC · 2004
- Self-contained cleaning system for motor vehicles59US 5,100,058 A1992