B60W 2300/18
Four-wheel drive vehicles
B60W2300/18 (Four-wheel drive vehicles) appears on 97 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 97
- Published applications
- 122
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 308
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle control device and vehicle control method15 Sep 2026US 12,735,020 B2Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Lateral undulation operation for four wheel steered vehicles with vertical suspension control14 Jul 2026US 12,679,379 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Symmetric human-machine interface for hybrid vehicle control5 May 2026US 12,617,275 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Method for operating a motor vehicle, system31 Mar 2026US 12,589,714 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Hybrid power system for a military vehicle24 Mar 2026US 12,583,309 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC
- System and method for optimizing engine torque on axle disconnect during limited battery power for hybrid vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296398 A1Fca US LLC
- Apparatus and method for supporting off-road driving and vehicle and storage medium including the same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285321 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Whoops-road determination device and vehicle control method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249660 A1Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Method and control device for controlling a vehicle off-road27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249841 A1ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Vehicle driving control device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200455 A1Subaru Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hybrid vehicle with combustion engine/electric motor drive214US 7,520,354 B2Oshkosh Truck Corporation · 2009
- Hybrid electric heavy-duty vehicle drive system105US 7,338,335 B12008
- Controller for hybrid vehicle wherein one and the other of front and rear wheels are respectively driven by engine and electric motor94US 6,205,379 B1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Continuously smooth transmission75US 5,887,674 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1999
- Hybrid four-wheel-drive55US 7,467,678 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 2008