B60T 7/12
Brake-action initiating means: for automatic initiation
Official title: for automatic initiation; for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger {(limiting speed of vehicles other than rail vehicles B60K31/00)}
B60T7/12 (Brake-action initiating means: for automatic initiation) appears on 4,725 US grants and 4,911 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60T- Granted patents
- 4,725
- Published applications
- 4,911
- Assignees
- 1,107
- Inventors
- 8,806
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 28 | 0 |
| 1995 | 35 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 32 | 0 |
| 1998 | 60 | 0 |
| 1999 | 55 | 0 |
| 2000 | 68 | 0 |
| 2001 | 109 | 31 |
| 2002 | 89 | 77 |
| 2003 | 88 | 70 |
| 2004 | 46 | 81 |
| 2005 | 47 | 84 |
| 2006 | 60 | 94 |
| 2007 | 40 | 127 |
| 2008 | 52 | 98 |
| 2009 | 48 | 104 |
| 2010 | 63 | 109 |
| 2011 | 75 | 114 |
| 2012 | 88 | 96 |
| 2013 | 122 | 150 |
| 2014 | 135 | 199 |
| 2015 | 206 | 246 |
| 2016 | 226 | 259 |
| 2017 | 240 | 277 |
| 2018 | 241 | 352 |
| 2019 | 269 | 356 |
| 2020 | 305 | 389 |
| 2021 | 243 | 362 |
| 2022 | 311 | 281 |
| 2023 | 261 | 288 |
| 2024 | 296 | 291 |
| 2025 | 316 | 220 |
| 2026 | 170 | 156 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60T 7/22Initiated by contact of vehicle1,894
- B60T 7/20Specially for trailers673
- B60T 7/16Operated by remote control, i.e. initiating means not mounted on vehicle543
- B60T 7/122For locking of reverse movement448
- B60T 7/14Operated upon collapse of driver121
- B60T 7/128Self-acting brakes of different types for railway vehicles41
- B60T 7/126Brakes for railway vehicles coming into operation in case of exceeding a28
- B60T 7/124Brakes for railway vehicles coming into operation in case of accident, derailment25
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