B62D 1/28
Non-mechanical
Official title: non-mechanical {, e.g. following a line or other known markers}
B62D1/28 (Non-mechanical) appears on 679 US grants and 575 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 679
- Published applications
- 575
- Assignees
- 262
- Inventors
- 1,313
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 13 |
| 2008 | 5 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13 |
| 2011 | 12 | 10 |
| 2012 | 16 | 19 |
| 2013 | 14 | 12 |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 |
| 2015 | 23 | 20 |
| 2016 | 19 | 26 |
| 2017 | 25 | 37 |
| 2018 | 37 | 65 |
| 2019 | 38 | 72 |
| 2020 | 55 | 40 |
| 2021 | 36 | 40 |
| 2022 | 32 | 30 |
| 2023 | 41 | 21 |
| 2024 | 29 | 31 |
| 2025 | 27 | 25 |
| 2026 | 18 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Drive unit for a wheel actuator of a steer-by-wire system for a vehicle, and method for determining the position of the control rod of a wheel actuator6 Oct 2026US 12,752,846 B2Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Adaptable on-deployment learning platform for driver analysis output generation8 Sep 2026US 12,731,032 B2Allstate Insurance Company
- Method and detection unit for detecting a probability that a steering element of a vehicle is held by a hand of a driver1 Sep 2026US 12,722,686 B2KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
- Steering control apparatus7 Jul 2026US 12,673,720 B2Jtekt Corporation
- Control device for model car16 Jun 2026US 12,654,759 B2Futaba Corporation
- Non-cabin articulated truck24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285428 A1Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
- Universal control architecture for control of unmanned systems17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277211 A1Tomahawk Robotics, Inc.
- Assisted driving6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225601 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Hill parking system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208789 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Systems and methods for steering wheel control during autonomous steering of a vehicle28 May 2026US 2026/0145729 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using path data387US 5,615,116 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1997
- Automated road transportation system358US 4,361,202 A1982
- Vehicle position determination system and method350US 5,390,125 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1995
- Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle335US 7,894,951 B2Deere & Company · 2011
- Methods and systems for smooth trajectory generation for a self-driving vehicle262US 9,120,485 B1Google Inc. · 2015