B62D 43/045
The wheel or its cradle being attached to one or more chains
Official title: {the wheel or its cradle being attached to one or more chains or cables for handling}
B62D43/045 (The wheel or its cradle being attached to one or more chains) appears on 158 US grants and 85 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 85
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 235
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Spare tire carrier system with anti-theft ferrule shield11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376225 A1Ventra Group Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Spare tire locking device40US 4,768,361 A1988
- Spare tire carrier38US 4,059,197 AManno Kogyo Company, Limited · 1977
- Tire lift/carrier35US 4,625,947 ADeuer Manufacturing Inc. · 1986
- Manual tire carrier with travel switch32US 7,431,268 B2Dura Global Technologies, Inc. · 2008
- Vehicle tire carrier31US 4,535,973 AKent Products, Inc. · 1985