B62D 61/12
Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels
Official title: with variable number of ground engaging wheels, e.g. with some wheels arranged higher than others, or with retractable wheels (for manoeuvring purposes only B60S)
B62D61/12 (Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels) appears on 556 US grants and 384 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 556
- Published applications
- 384
- Assignees
- 275
- Inventors
- 990
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 12 | 11 |
| 2003 | 9 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 15 |
| 2005 | 10 | 13 |
| 2006 | 8 | 10 |
| 2007 | 13 | 19 |
| 2008 | 11 | 12 |
| 2009 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 19 | 9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5 |
| 2012 | 8 | 10 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 17 |
| 2016 | 15 | 12 |
| 2017 | 17 | 25 |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 |
| 2019 | 12 | 20 |
| 2020 | 14 | 24 |
| 2021 | 17 | 19 |
| 2022 | 26 | 18 |
| 2023 | 21 | 16 |
| 2024 | 21 | 27 |
| 2025 | 27 | 25 |
| 2026 | 16 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Handling an axle configuration of a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,870 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Robot15 Sep 2026US 12,735,129 B2Beijing Ke Yi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Axle lifting system for crane and related methods1 Sep 2026US 12,722,726 B2Link-Belt Cranes, L.P., Lllp
- Drag wheel for trailer25 Aug 2026US 12,715,241 B2Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.
- Tool carrier comprising a wheel driving module, and tool carrier train25 Aug 2026US 12,716,542 B2Westinghouse Electric Nuclear Field Services France
- Carrying vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296581 A1Exedy Corporation
- Vehicle loading safety system and a method for increasing safety during a loading event for a parked vehicle10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264646 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Tandem axle trailer lift device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249936 A1
- Autonomous Mobile Robot with Increased Payload Capacity6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225671 A1Skild-Fetch LLC
- Robot, robot control method and apparatus, electronic device, computer storage medium, and computer program product6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225673 A1Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sonar Scanner210US 6,870,792 B2iRobot Corporation · 2005
- Wheeled platforms183US 6,662,889 B2iRobot Corporation · 2003
- Parallelogram lift axle suspension system with a control for axle caster adjustment141US 5,403,031 AThe Boler Company · 1995
- Stair climbing robot119US 4,993,912 AChamberlain MRC, division of Duchossois Industries, Inc. · 1991
- Lift axle suspension with axle reservoir104US 6,398,236 B1Holland Neway International, Inc. · 2002