B62K 21/005
Steering pivot axis arranged within the wheel
Official title: {Steering pivot axis arranged within the wheel, e.g. for a hub center steering arrangement}
B62K21/005 (Steering pivot axis arranged within the wheel) appears on 57 US grants and 38 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62K- Granted patents
- 57
- Published applications
- 38
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 84
- Latest grant
- 11 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Leaning-type vehicle19 Mar 2024US 11,932,345 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Motorcycle27 Feb 2024US 11,912,367 B2White Motorcycle Concepts Limited
- Vehicle3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257748 A1Chiba Institute of Technology
- Bicycle wire-holding seat and a headset thereof12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187691 A1Glory Wheel Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Motorcycle16 May 2024US 2024/0158037 A1White Motorcycle Concepts Limited
- Front wheel steering mechanism in center hub steering22 Jun 2023US 2023/0192226 A1Murao Design Works LLC
- Leaning-type vehicle23 Feb 2023US 2023/0058088 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Frameless motorcycle108US 4,265,329 A1981
- Front wheel steering device for motor vehicles49US 4,741,545 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Motorcycle45US 4,723,621 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Motorcycle steering45US 7,887,077 B22011
- Steerable wheels of land vehicles39US 4,890,857 AElf France · 1990