B62D 53/0857
Auxiliary semi-trailer handling or loading equipment
Official title: {Auxiliary semi-trailer handling or loading equipment, e.g. ramps, rigs, coupling supports}
B62D53/0857 (Auxiliary semi-trailer handling or loading equipment) appears on 275 US grants and 181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 181
- Assignees
- 115
- Inventors
- 404
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 8 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 10 | 20 |
| 2023 | 11 | 17 |
| 2024 | 15 | 21 |
| 2025 | 18 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Convertible gooseneck and fifth wheel hitch25 Aug 2026US 12,715,525 B2Gen-Y Creations, LLC
- Lifting system for a semitrailer of an articulated lorry, logistics depot for a lorry fleet, as well as a logistics system23 Jun 2026US 12,662,205 B2Daimler Truck AG
- Hitch assembly including a stabilizer for a trailer dolly16 Jun 2026US 12,654,500 B2
- Control architecture for a self-powered dolly vehicle12 May 2026US 12,623,737 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Self propelled trailer systems14 Apr 2026US 12,600,182 B2Fca US LLC
- Wear ring and locking hook for a semi-trailer coupling lock of a semi-trailer coupling of a tractor unit of a semi-trailer truck1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296578 A1RüHlicke GmbH
- System and method for latch engagement detection24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285422 A1TORC Robotics, Inc.
- System and methods for autonomous trailer stands27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250108 A1Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
- Apparatus for facilitating a movement of one or more trailers13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233754 A1
- Trailer dolly apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208801 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dolly for towing trailers49US 6,820,887 B12004
- Bi-level portable storage tank48US 5,213,367 ASpade Leasing, Inc. · 1993
- Self unloading multiple trailer arrangement45US 4,856,804 AIndependent Trailer & Repair, Inc. · 1989
- Trailer hitch guide means43US 4,054,302 A1977
- Pressure-operated friction locking apparatus for slidably adjustable truck trailer coupling42US 4,240,647 A1980