B60T 8/18
Responsive to vehicle weight or load
Official title: responsive to vehicle weight or load, e.g. load distribution ({using electrical circuitry on regulation means B60T8/17; } B60T8/30 takes precedence; responsive to weight and speed condition B60T8/58)
B60T8/18 (Responsive to vehicle weight or load) appears on 636 US grants and 313 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60T- Granted patents
- 636
- Published applications
- 313
- Assignees
- 253
- Inventors
- 1,031
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 29 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 26 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 8 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 22 |
| 2019 | 10 | 18 |
| 2020 | 11 | 30 |
| 2021 | 20 | 26 |
| 2022 | 23 | 29 |
| 2023 | 23 | 15 |
| 2024 | 23 | 38 |
| 2025 | 33 | 17 |
| 2026 | 16 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60T 8/1837Characterised by the load-detecting arrangements172
- B60T 8/1893Especially adapted for railway vehicles166
- B60T 8/1812Characterised by the means for pressure reduction149
- B60T 8/1887Especially adapted for tractor-trailer combinations77
- B60T 8/1881Characterised by failure-responsive means35
- B60T 8/1806Characterised by the calibration process or the means therefor34
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling a trailer and an automotive vehicle with a yaw stability control system128US 6,959,970 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2005
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- Electric actuators92US 4,546,298 AWestinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Ltd. · 1985
- Brake corrector subject to the load of a vehicle92US 4,824,180 ABendix France · 1989
- Rail car load sensor79US 5,603,556 ATechnical Services and Marketing Inc. · 1997