B60T 7/045
With locking and release means
Official title: {with locking and release means, e.g. providing parking brake application}
B60T7/045 (With locking and release means) appears on 182 US grants and 154 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60T- Granted patents
- 182
- Published applications
- 154
- Assignees
- 117
- Inventors
- 403
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 8 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle30 Jun 2026US 12,668,214 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Vehicle electronics system including a parking brake equipment9 Jun 2026US 12,649,447 B2ITT Italia S.r.l.
- Angle detection apparatus, angle detection system, park lock system, and pedal system28 Apr 2026US 12,613,109 B2TDK Corporation
- Work vehicle10 Mar 2026US 12,568,879 B2Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
- Method of operating a brake system for a motor vehicle and corresponding brake system18 Nov 2025US 12,472,910 B2Audi AG
- Work vehicle25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174004 A1Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
- Method for carrying out a situation-contingent braking operation of a vehicle by means of an electronic parking brake, electronic braking system and motor vehicle11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159051 A1Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Chore product with integrated brake and lock pedals14 May 2026US 2026/0130321 A1Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- Vehicle9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097745 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Computer system for temporarily disabling an automatic application of a parking brake of a vehicle, vehicle comprising such a computer system, method, computer program product and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048723 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hydraulic vehicle brake with blocking means and method for operating same43US 6,394,235 B1Lucas Industries Limited · 2002
- Golf car having disk brakes and single point latching brake40US 6,223,865 B1Hayes Brake, Inc. · 2001
- Foot-operated self-adjusting parking brake apparatus with controlled flyback38US 4,841,798 AOrscheln Co. · 1989
- Soft-release cable operating means36US 4,850,242 AOrscheln Co. · 1989
- Push-to-release cable operating apparatus36US 4,872,368 AOrscheln Co. · 1989