B60W 30/165
Automatically following the path of a preceding lead vehicle
Official title: Automatically following the path of a preceding lead vehicle, e.g. "electronic tow-bar"
B60W30/165 (Automatically following the path of a preceding lead vehicle) appears on 561 US grants and 858 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 561
- Published applications
- 858
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 1,429
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2021 | 68 | 112 |
| 2022 | 50 | 103 |
| 2023 | 76 | 89 |
| 2024 | 84 | 73 |
| 2025 | 81 | 73 |
| 2026 | 53 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Vehicle speed prediction method and system considering dynamic traffic environment in car-following scenarios17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274270 A1Chang An University
- Navigation based on detected pedestrian occlusion zones10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264674 A1Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
- Method and Device for Controlling the Coasting Mode of a Motor Vehicle While Taking Into Consideration an Object on the Adjacent Lane27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249849 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Temporary rule suspension for autonomous navigation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241925 A1Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Leader-follower semi-autonomous vehicle with operator on side251US 8,392,065 B2Deere & Company · 2013
- Vehicle platoon control system187US 6,032,097 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Systems and methods for implementing a multi-segment braking profile for a vehicle156US 9,145,116 B2Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. · 2015
- Multi-threshold reaction zone for autonomous vehicle navigation154US 9,156,473 B2Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. · 2015
- Apparatus and method for grouping vehicles for cooperative driving88US 9,182,764 B1Cummins Inc. · 2015