B62D 6/00
Arrangements for automatically controlling steering depending on driving conditions sensed and responded
Official title: Arrangements for automatically controlling steering depending on driving conditions sensed and responded to, e.g. control circuits (means for initiating a change in direction B62D1/00; steering valves B62D5/06; combined with means for inclining the vehicle body or wheels on bends B62D9/00)
B62D6/00 (Arrangements for automatically controlling steering depending on driving conditions sensed and responded) appears on 4,700 US grants and 4,788 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 4,700
- Published applications
- 4,788
- Assignees
- 801
- Inventors
- 7,080
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 331 | 283 |
| 2026 | 257 | 211 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B62D 6/002Computing target steering angles for front or rear wheels1,385
- B62D 6/008Control of feed-back to the steering input member1,035
- B62D 6/08Responsive only to driver input torque1,004
- B62D 6/02Responsive only to vehicle speed525
- B62D 6/04Responsive only to forces disturbing the intended course of the vehicle360
- B62D 6/007Adjustable by the driver329
- B62D 6/001The torque not being among the input parameters231
- B62D 6/06Responsive only to vehicle vibration dampening arrangements37
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for controlling four-wheel independent steering vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,840 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for predicting road wheel angles6 Oct 2026US 12,752,841 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Electronic steering systems for vehicles and methods thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,842 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Enhanced driving control system for snowmobiles6 Oct 2026US 12,752,877 B2BRP Megatech Industries Inc.
- Steer-by-wire system with spring-to-center steering wheel control of a vehicle based on steering wheel torque and/or vehicle yaw rate29 Sep 2026US 12,746,967 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Arbitrary pivot point for vehicle rotation and control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307708 A1AB Volvo Penta
- Vehicle steering system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307714 A1Dongguan Hobby Plus RC Technology Co., Ltd
- Method for Generating Roadway Feedback for a Steer-By-Wire Steering System for a Vehicle Driver, and a Steer-By-Wire Steering System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307715 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Steering control system and method for performing reprogramming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307716 A1Hl Mando Corporation
- Mobile robot and control method therefor, and controller8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307963 A1VisionNav Robotics USA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle crash predictive and evasive operation system by neural networks767US 5,541,590 ATakata Corporation · 1996
- Obstacle detection device for vehicle469US 5,461,357 AMazda Motor Corporation · 1995
- Driving pattern recognition and safety control442US 8,634,980 B1Google Inc. · 2014
- System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects362US 8,660,734 B2Google Inc. · 2014
- Driving pattern recognition and safety control297US 8,965,621 B1Google Inc. · 2015