B60T 2201/12
Pre-actuation of braking systems without significant braking effect
Official title: Pre-actuation of braking systems without significant braking effect; Optimizing brake performance by reduction of play between brake pads and brake disc
B60T2201/12 (Pre-actuation of braking systems without significant braking effect) appears on 161 US grants and 199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60T- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 199
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 440
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 19 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15 |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17 |
| 2021 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Control device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,251 B2Advics Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle electronics system including a parking brake equipment9 Jun 2026US 12,649,447 B2ITT Italia S.r.l.
- Method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle, control unit, and motor vehicle9 Jun 2026US 12,649,448 B2Volskwagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Weather-dependent driver assistance system30 Dec 2025US 12,509,066 B2Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Method for a driver assistance system for releasing an electro-hydraulic parking brake9 Dec 2025US 12,491,848 B2
- Brake device for railway vehicle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241903 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Method for electronic air gap control of a motor vehicle wheel brake and electronic motor vehicle braking system for same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159056 A1Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
- Method and apparatus for emergency braking during autonomous parking4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152167 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Road surface condition determining method and road surface condition determining device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118119 A1The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Method for laterally stabilizing agricultural vehicle combination23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109330 A1Deere & Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for responding to driver behavior291US 8,698,639 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2014
- Method and apparatus for assisting vehicle operator braking action of a vehicle210US 6,415,230 B1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for controlling the brake system of motor vehicles with electric drive71US 5,853,229 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 1998
- Process and device for controlling a braking force of at least one wheel of a vehicle58US 6,149,251 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 2000
- Process for carrying out an automatic braking operation39US 5,924,508 ADaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft · 1999