B62D 1/20
Connecting steering column to steering gear
B62D1/20 (Connecting steering column to steering gear) appears on 311 US grants and 358 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 311
- Published applications
- 358
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 673
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 7 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 12 |
| 2007 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 8 | 18 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 |
| 2012 | 13 | 5 |
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| 2018 | 15 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 25 |
| 2020 | 23 | 46 |
| 2021 | 20 | 19 |
| 2022 | 37 | 17 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 |
| 2024 | 21 | 22 |
| 2025 | 12 | 14 |
| 2026 | 20 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Steering axle for a steerable vehicle, and industrial truck1 Sep 2026US 12,722,688 B2ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Steering system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,325 B2Hl Mando Corporation
- Rotation angle limiting mechanism and vehicle steering system and vehicle having same28 Jul 2026US 12,691,926 B2BYD Company Limited
- Turning control device16 Jun 2026US 12,654,762 B2Jtekt Corporation
- Intermediate shaft of steering apparatus for vehicle9 Jun 2026US 12,649,510 B2Namyang Nexmo Co., Ltd
- Steering shaft27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249897 A1Nsk Steering & Control, Inc.
- Modular electric power steering unit with bevel input for flexible packaging in commercial vehicles with linear steering gear27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249900 A1ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
- Motor vehicle with innovative steering assembly and steering wheel thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241978 A1Ferrari S.P. A.
- Torsion bar30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217301 A1ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
- Rotary steering systems9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192850 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steering controller for precision farming35US 9,162,703 B2Agjunction LLC · 2015
- Connection device for a steering column of a motor vehicle31US 5,358,350 AEtablissement Supervis · 1994
- Device for connecting a motor vehicle steering column to a shaft journal of a steering gear train27US 5,090,833 AEtablissement Supervis · 1992
- Module support assembly for a motor vehicle26US 10,577,025 B2Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH · 2020
- Mechanism for applying pre-load to bevel gear device26US 4,742,725 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988