B62D 13/00
Steering specially adapted for trailers
Official title: Steering specially adapted for trailers (combined traction and steering hitches B60D)
B62D13/00 (Steering specially adapted for trailers) appears on 891 US grants and 876 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 891
- Published applications
- 876
- Assignees
- 319
- Inventors
- 1,490
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 7 | 17 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 | 14 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 |
| 2011 | 17 | 19 |
| 2012 | 3 | 16 |
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| 2014 | 13 | 52 |
| 2015 | 42 | 47 |
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| 2017 | 64 | 64 |
| 2018 | 45 | 50 |
| 2019 | 45 | 67 |
| 2020 | 47 | 70 |
| 2021 | 50 | 75 |
| 2022 | 57 | 71 |
| 2023 | 66 | 49 |
| 2024 | 61 | 56 |
| 2025 | 50 | 46 |
| 2026 | 25 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B62D 13/06Steering specially adapted for trailers: for backing a normally drawn trailer477
- B62D 13/04Steering specially adapted for trailers: for individually-pivoted wheels183
- B62D 13/02Steering specially adapted for trailers: for centrally-pivoted axles148
- B62D 13/005Operated from tractor steering system78
Recent patents
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- Method and driver assistance system for assisted reversing with a vehicle-trailer combination and motor vehicle25 Aug 2026US 12,715,439 B2Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Systems and methods for performing trailer coupler location approximation using trailer jackstand1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301211 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Control device for articulated vehicle, control method for articulated vehicle, and non-transitory computer-readable medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285400 A1J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC.
- Non-cabin articulated truck24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285428 A1Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
- Coupled vehicle control device, coupled vehicle control method, and coupled vehicle control program3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257723 A1J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC.
- Steering knuckle of compact axles for autonomous vehicle application27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249906 A1Dana Italia S.R.L.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle-trailer backing-up control system with vehicle rear wheel steering141US 6,292,094 B1General Motors Corporation · 2001
- Trailer target placement assist system and method135US 8,930,140 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2015
- Rear vision system with trailer angle detection125US 9,085,261 B2Magna Electronics Inc. · 2015
- Vehicular steering system for reverse paths124US 5,247,442 ABrigham Young University · 1993
- Steering control system for a towed axle124US 9,008,913 B1Oshkosh Corporation · 2015