B62B 5/04
Braking mechanisms
Official title: Braking mechanisms; Locking devices against movement
B62B5/04 (Braking mechanisms) appears on 1,090 US grants and 1,006 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62B- Granted patents
- 1,090
- Published applications
- 1,006
- Assignees
- 533
- Inventors
- 1,979
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 10 |
| 2002 | 28 | 15 |
| 2003 | 19 | 28 |
| 2004 | 20 | 32 |
| 2005 | 17 | 48 |
| 2006 | 26 | 50 |
| 2007 | 25 | 35 |
| 2008 | 23 | 40 |
| 2009 | 11 | 45 |
| 2010 | 22 | 32 |
| 2011 | 26 | 28 |
| 2012 | 23 | 22 |
| 2013 | 38 | 34 |
| 2014 | 31 | 29 |
| 2015 | 40 | 38 |
| 2016 | 32 | 33 |
| 2017 | 36 | 46 |
| 2018 | 36 | 48 |
| 2019 | 44 | 45 |
| 2020 | 34 | 51 |
| 2021 | 47 | 57 |
| 2022 | 49 | 52 |
| 2023 | 33 | 48 |
| 2024 | 46 | 59 |
| 2025 | 37 | 53 |
| 2026 | 33 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B62B 5/0404Automatic293
- B62B 5/049Locking against movement by contacting the floor or a wall290
- B62B 5/0438Hand operated227
- B62B 5/0457By locking in a braking position184
- B62B 5/0433Foot operated173
- B62B 5/0485By braking on the running surface154
- B62B 5/048Hub brakes92
- B62B 2005/0471Disk brakesIndexing code54
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