B62D 5/0448
Ball nuts
Official title: {Ball nuts}
B62D5/0448 (Ball nuts) appears on 354 US grants and 443 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 354
- Published applications
- 443
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 655
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 13 |
| 2004 | 8 | 20 |
| 2005 | 9 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 4 |
| 2007 | 16 | 11 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12 |
| 2013 | 7 | 20 |
| 2014 | 18 | 16 |
| 2015 | 10 | 15 |
| 2016 | 18 | 9 |
| 2017 | 11 | 35 |
| 2018 | 15 | 27 |
| 2019 | 18 | 30 |
| 2020 | 24 | 31 |
| 2021 | 21 | 26 |
| 2022 | 20 | 36 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 |
| 2024 | 33 | 28 |
| 2025 | 15 | 20 |
| 2026 | 13 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Steering gears with electric steering assist systems and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,835 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Steering mechanism for steer by wire vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,728,909 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Electric power steering system with a ball-screw assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,728,910 B2ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Steering system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,911 B2Zf Active Safety and Electronics US LLC
- Electric power steering gear with an anti-rotate feature18 Aug 2026US 12,709,321 B2ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
- Steering gear comprising a ball screw drive, and steering system comprising the steering gear8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307712 A1
- Vehicle steering apparatus and vehicle including the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274330 A1Hl Mando Corporation
- Steering apparatus for vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274331 A1Hl Mando Corporation
- Recirculating ball steering apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257719 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Ball screw device and steering device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249898 A1Jtekt Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steering system of vehicle94US 5,097,917 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992
- Steering gear72US 4,415,054 ATRW Inc. · 1983
- Steering system for a vehicle66US 6,394,218 B1TRW Fahrwerksysteme GmbH & Co. KG · 2002
- Rotary-to-linear mechanism having an isolator49US 8,479,605 B22013
- Steering system48US 8,881,861 B2Jtekt Corporation · 2014