B62D 55/202
Wheel engaging parts
Official title: {Wheel engaging parts; Wheel guides on links}
B62D55/202 (Wheel engaging parts) appears on 157 US grants and 129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 157
- Published applications
- 129
- Assignees
- 77
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 | 17 |
| 2022 | 5 | 11 |
| 2023 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Articulating-link turnable track drive1 Sep 2026US 12,722,724 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Rubber track unit21 Oct 2025US 12,448,066 B2Ls Mtron Ltd.
- Undercarriage assembly for a work machine and method of use3 Jun 2025US 12,319,368 B2Deere & Company
- Ultrasonic wear measurement for a track pad15 Apr 2025US 12,275,467 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Autonomous surface crawling robot10 Sep 2024US 12,084,133 B2Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Movable Apparatus for Track Structure Disease Recognition18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167116 A1Beijing Jiaotong University
- Ultrasonic wear measurement for a track pad19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196950 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Tracked forwarder1 May 2025US 2025/0136202 A1Prinoth S.P.A.
- Forest machine track14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375733 A1Nordic Traction Oy
- Idler for tracked machines3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326934 A1Caterpillar Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Positively driven elastomeric tracked work vehicle64US 5,352,029 AWarane Pty. Ltd. · 1994
- Wear-resistant composite track link63US 3,955,855 ACaterpillar Tractor Co. · 1976
- Rubber crawler belt of a tracked vehicle57US 5,380,076 AKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1995
- Replacement endless vehicle tracks47US 5,482,364 AEdwards, Harper, McNew & Company · 1996
- Radio-controlled track vehicles45US 5,484,321 ANikko Co., Ltd. · 1996