B62D 53/0842
King pins
Official title: {King pins}
B62D53/0842 (King pins) appears on 267 US grants and 250 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 267
- Published applications
- 250
- Assignees
- 109
- Inventors
- 423
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 8 | 14 |
| 2020 | 10 | 19 |
| 2021 | 7 | 18 |
| 2022 | 18 | 27 |
| 2023 | 20 | 21 |
| 2024 | 27 | 26 |
| 2025 | 19 | 17 |
| 2026 | 14 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Trailer apparatus with configurable wheel assembly and underride guard positioning22 Sep 2026US 12,741,486 B1Trail-Eze, Inc.
- System and method for trailer propulsion8 Sep 2026US 12,728,941 B2Anamnesis Corporation
- Fifth wheel hitch plate surfaces with patterned grease reliefs1 Sep 2026US 12,722,722 B2SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
- Convertible gooseneck and fifth wheel hitch25 Aug 2026US 12,715,525 B2Gen-Y Creations, LLC
- Coupling device for a traction vehicle with an object detection means attached to it11 Aug 2026US 12,703,443 B2Jost-Werke Deutschland GmbH
- System and method for latch engagement detection24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285422 A1TORC Robotics, Inc.
- Fifth wheel locking coupler10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264774 A1Jost International Corp.
- Systems, methods, and media for predicting a state of a fifth wheel based on vibration thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264775 A1Fontaine Fifth Wheel Company
- Coupling device for supply lines, in particular for conveying media from a tractor to a semi-trailer3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257524 A1Alligator AG
- Kingpin assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242014 A1Jost-Werke Deutschland GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fifth wheel type hitch55US 6,170,850 B2B & W Custom Truck Beds, Inc. · 2001
- Modular composite structural component and structures formed therewith47US 8,186,747 B2Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · 2012
- Trailer fifth wheel-gooseneck conversion adapter45US 4,832,358 A1989
- Method for aligning a tractor with a steerable trailer and apparatus therefor45US 8,157,284 B12012
- Semi-truck trailer gooseneck and curtain side improvements37US 4,938,524 A1990