B62D 3/12
Of rack-and-pinion type
Official title: of rack-and-pinion type
B62D3/12 (Of rack-and-pinion type) appears on 915 US grants and 925 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 915
- Published applications
- 925
- Assignees
- 242
- Inventors
- 1,741
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 |
| 2003 | 20 | 22 |
| 2004 | 16 | 20 |
| 2005 | 11 | 26 |
| 2006 | 8 | 20 |
| 2007 | 13 | 29 |
| 2008 | 16 | 30 |
| 2009 | 9 | 22 |
| 2010 | 24 | 23 |
| 2011 | 19 | 21 |
| 2012 | 21 | 25 |
| 2013 | 21 | 28 |
| 2014 | 28 | 37 |
| 2015 | 29 | 43 |
| 2016 | 41 | 52 |
| 2017 | 48 | 68 |
| 2018 | 47 | 56 |
| 2019 | 44 | 53 |
| 2020 | 46 | 81 |
| 2021 | 53 | 47 |
| 2022 | 44 | 60 |
| 2023 | 43 | 46 |
| 2024 | 52 | 34 |
| 2025 | 43 | 28 |
| 2026 | 26 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle systems and methods for automated mitigation of rough road conditions22 Sep 2026US 12,741,643 B1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Device for pressing a rack against a pinion, steering device having such a device, and method for producing such a device and/or steering device22 Sep 2026US 12,742,489 B2ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Steering bellows15 Sep 2026US 12,736,091 B2Trelleborg Carquefou
- Modular motor vehicle assembly platform18 Aug 2026US 12,709,334 B2Via Fortuna, LLC
- Electric power steering system having a rack for moving wheels of a vehicle and method for the initial assembly of an electric power steering system of this kind21 Jul 2026US 12,686,432 B2ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Steering apparatus for vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274331 A1Hl Mando Corporation
- Linear damper and steering device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249907 A1Somic Management Holdings Inc.
- Full-vector chassis semi-decoupled steering transverse tie rod structure and execution control method thereof30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217302 A1Tsinghua University
- Working vehicle25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175677 A1Kubota Corporation
- Cover for a worm wheel gear box, worm wheel gear box for a steering system and electric power steering system for a vehicle25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175905 A1NSK Europe Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle steering system111US 8,201,656 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2012
- Side-by-side vehicle72US 10,369,861 B2Polaris Industries Inc. · 2019
- Steering gear for motor vehicles54US 5,272,933 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1993
- Subframe for a motor vehicle52US 5,280,957 ADr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft · 1994
- Steering system for off-road vehicle51US 7,357,211 B2Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha · 2008