B60W 20/00
Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles
Official title: Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles {(hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L)}
B60W20/00 (Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles) appears on 10,526 US grants and 11,753 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 10,526
- Published applications
- 11,753
- Assignees
- 1,163
- Inventors
- 12,860
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 350 | 315 |
| 2025 | 382 | 296 |
| 2026 | 219 | 210 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60W 20/10Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet6,395
- B60W 20/40Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers2,231
- B60W 20/30Control strategies involving selection of transmission gear ratio1,049
- B60W 20/50Control strategies for responding to system failures842
- B60W 20/20Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration777
Recent patents
- Controller, vehicle, and control method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,767 B2Isuzu Motors Limited
- Systems and methods for migitating emissions generated by hybrid vehicles6 Oct 2026US 12,752,768 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Multicore hybrid-electric powertrain controller6 Oct 2026US 12,752,769 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Moving body control device, moving body control method, and recording medium for handling software abnormality6 Oct 2026US 12,752,770 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid electric vehicle and method of driving control for same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,908 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Controlling a hybrid powertrain system of a vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307643 A1Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Control systems for a vehicle powertrain8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307644 A1Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Controlling an engine start of a hybrid vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307645 A1
- Golf vehicle with swerve detection and response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307646 A1Textron Inc.
- Mitigation of vehicle powertrain damage during water fording8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307647 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable current limit control for vehicle electric drive system1,604US 6,492,785 B1Deere & Company · 2002
- Hybrid electric vehicle510US 5,343,970 A1994
- Hybrid vehicle with battery charge control relative to a driving route352US 5,778,326 AKabushikikaisha Equos Research · 1998
- Hybrid electric vehicle regenerative braking energy recovery system317US 5,291,960 AFord Motor Company · 1994
- System and method for braking in an electric vehicle298US 7,848,857 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2010