B62D 55/18
Tracks
Official title: Tracks (self-cleaning track links B62D55/088)
B62D55/18 (Tracks) appears on 1,586 US grants and 1,434 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 1,586
- Published applications
- 1,434
- Assignees
- 484
- Inventors
- 2,064
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 29 | 0 |
| 1977 | 26 | 0 |
| 1978 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 15 |
| 2002 | 42 | 31 |
| 2003 | 30 | 48 |
| 2004 | 26 | 46 |
| 2005 | 31 | 41 |
| 2006 | 24 | 30 |
| 2007 | 21 | 25 |
| 2008 | 22 | 47 |
| 2009 | 21 | 53 |
| 2010 | 41 | 54 |
| 2011 | 36 | 41 |
| 2012 | 26 | 49 |
| 2013 | 35 | 36 |
| 2014 | 42 | 66 |
| 2015 | 41 | 66 |
| 2016 | 65 | 73 |
| 2017 | 59 | 69 |
| 2018 | 54 | 98 |
| 2019 | 72 | 85 |
| 2020 | 57 | 67 |
| 2021 | 64 | 110 |
| 2022 | 52 | 78 |
| 2023 | 71 | 62 |
| 2024 | 75 | 64 |
| 2025 | 57 | 48 |
| 2026 | 37 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Forest machine track6 Oct 2026US 12,752,869 B2Nordic Traction Oy
- Bushingless track pin for a track type vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,706 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Elastic crawler with core metal22 Sep 2026US 12,741,707 B2Bridgestone Corporation
- Articulating-link turnable track drive1 Sep 2026US 12,722,724 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Rubber crawler and core1 Sep 2026US 12,722,725 B2Bridgestone Corporation
- Carrier for transferring loads across a corrugated surface8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307750 A1Clifton Development and Designs Pty Ltd
- Track system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296579 A1Soucy International Inc.
- Adjustable traction system for attachment on a track belt of a crawler vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285426 A1Pewag Schneeketten GmbH & Co KG
- Loader with improved arm path24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286644 A1Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Track assemblies for track driven vehicles10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264778 A1Caterpillar Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reconfigurable mobile vehicle with magnetic tracks262US 5,363,935 ACarnegie Mellon University · 1994
- Robotic platform257US 6,263,989 B1iRobot Corporation · 2001
- Robotic platform234US 6,431,296 B1iRobot Corporation · 2002
- Omnidirectional vehicle221US 5,186,270 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1993
- Robotic platform211US 6,668,951 B2iRobot Corporation · 2003