B62D 7/18
Steering knuckles
Official title: Steering knuckles; King pins
B62D7/18 (Steering knuckles) appears on 647 US grants and 657 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 647
- Published applications
- 657
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 1,223
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 12 | 7 |
| 2003 | 11 | 43 |
| 2004 | 12 | 19 |
| 2005 | 18 | 23 |
| 2006 | 15 | 10 |
| 2007 | 11 | 14 |
| 2008 | 16 | 17 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8 |
| 2010 | 20 | 20 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2 |
| 2013 | 6 | 13 |
| 2014 | 12 | 21 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 |
| 2016 | 16 | 29 |
| 2017 | 24 | 25 |
| 2018 | 20 | 41 |
| 2019 | 39 | 39 |
| 2020 | 31 | 50 |
| 2021 | 32 | 52 |
| 2022 | 46 | 49 |
| 2023 | 56 | 57 |
| 2024 | 37 | 30 |
| 2025 | 42 | 35 |
| 2026 | 33 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Self-energy-storage wheel corner module integrating omni-directional redundant steering and energy regenerative suspension6 Oct 2026US 12,752,833 B2Jilin University
- Suspension for a vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,792 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Steering control device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,965 B2Hl Mando Corporation
- Vehicle systems and methods for automated mitigation of rough road conditions22 Sep 2026US 12,741,643 B1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Steering knuckle for increasing ground clearance of a vehicle15 Sep 2026US 12,735,100 B2
- Mobile robot and control method therefor, and controller8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307963 A1VisionNav Robotics USA Inc.
- Suspension device for ground rover mobility17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274027 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Corner module dual-mode steering system equipped with two-stage steering, and driving method thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264743 A1Tsinghua University
- Rear Steer Knuckles for Off-Road Vehicles10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264754 A1Arctic Cat Inc.
- Steering knuckle of compact axles for autonomous vehicle application27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249906 A1Dana Italia S.R.L.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tilting wheeled vehicle92US 7,487,985 B12009
- Modular chassis with simplified body-attachment interface82US 7,441,615 B2General Motors Corporation · 2008
- Side-by-side vehicle72US 10,369,861 B2Polaris Industries Inc. · 2019
- Steering knuckle48US 6,616,156 B1The Boler Company · 2003
- Full size vehicle remote control technology44US 6,923,281 B2General Motors Corporation · 2005