B62D 7/06
Steering linkage: for individually-pivoted wheels
Official title: for individually-pivoted wheels, e.g. on king-pins
B62D7/06 (Steering linkage: for individually-pivoted wheels) appears on 1,841 US grants and 1,365 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 1,841
- Published applications
- 1,365
- Assignees
- 586
- Inventors
- 3,248
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 31 | 0 |
| 1987 | 42 | 0 |
| 1988 | 45 | 0 |
| 1989 | 60 | 0 |
| 1990 | 77 | 0 |
| 1991 | 57 | 0 |
| 1992 | 61 | 0 |
| 1993 | 50 | 0 |
| 1994 | 55 | 0 |
| 1995 | 37 | 0 |
| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 6 |
| 2002 | 28 | 39 |
| 2003 | 51 | 44 |
| 2004 | 26 | 36 |
| 2005 | 28 | 30 |
| 2006 | 20 | 45 |
| 2007 | 25 | 25 |
| 2008 | 24 | 38 |
| 2009 | 16 | 36 |
| 2010 | 25 | 32 |
| 2011 | 36 | 30 |
| 2012 | 32 | 33 |
| 2013 | 38 | 33 |
| 2014 | 41 | 47 |
| 2015 | 41 | 56 |
| 2016 | 40 | 55 |
| 2017 | 51 | 41 |
| 2018 | 46 | 64 |
| 2019 | 35 | 69 |
| 2020 | 62 | 76 |
| 2021 | 48 | 93 |
| 2022 | 72 | 84 |
| 2023 | 68 | 108 |
| 2024 | 87 | 82 |
| 2025 | 94 | 86 |
| 2026 | 74 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Method for Determining a Rear Axle Steering Angle27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249902 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle collision avoidance system727US 5,529,138 A1996
- Steering system for heavy mobile medical equipment302US 7,533,892 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2009
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- Automobile collision avoidance system250US 5,314,037 A1994
- Steering control system and method222US 7,392,122 B2Oshkosh Truck Corporation · 2008