B63H 20/12
Means enabling steering
B63H20/12 (Means enabling steering) appears on 915 US grants and 640 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63H- Granted patents
- 915
- Published applications
- 640
- Assignees
- 148
- Inventors
- 1,050
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 13 | 5 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 16 |
| 2005 | 13 | 20 |
| 2006 | 16 | 19 |
| 2007 | 23 | 18 |
| 2008 | 18 | 17 |
| 2009 | 15 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 | 17 |
| 2011 | 13 | 9 |
| 2012 | 16 | 13 |
| 2013 | 12 | 11 |
| 2014 | 18 | 18 |
| 2015 | 24 | 27 |
| 2016 | 32 | 23 |
| 2017 | 29 | 21 |
| 2018 | 34 | 35 |
| 2019 | 43 | 30 |
| 2020 | 39 | 39 |
| 2021 | 50 | 34 |
| 2022 | 37 | 55 |
| 2023 | 33 | 59 |
| 2024 | 38 | 47 |
| 2025 | 77 | 58 |
| 2026 | 44 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Marine drive steering assembly systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,897 B2Brunswick Corporation
- Marine propulsion control system and method with isolated rotation control22 Sep 2026US 12,741,729 B1Brunswick Corporation
- Marine propulsion system and method with single rear drive and lateral marine drive22 Sep 2026US 12,741,732 B2Brunswick Corporation
- Accessory pods for marine vessels15 Sep 2026US 12,735,161 B1Brunswick Corporation
- Navigation control system and method for a marine vessel8 Sep 2026US 12,730,456 B1Brunswick Corporation
- Propulsion system of boat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296619 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Propulsion system of boat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296620 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Propulsion system of boat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296622 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Control device for marine propulsion device and marine vessel10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264826 A1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- A hydraulic system for control of a marine drive unit13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233820 A1AB Volvo Penta
Most cited
By later US patents
- Trolling motor steering and speed control104US 5,171,173 AZebco Corporation · 1992
- Trolling motor bow mount77US 6,431,923 B1Johnson Outdoors Inc. · 2002
- Trolling motor mount70US 7,004,804 B2Johnson Outdoors Inc. · 2006
- Systems and methods for controlling movement of drive units on a marine vessel70US 9,359,057 B1Brunswick Corporation · 2016
- Controller for propulsion unit, control program for propulsion unit controller, method of controlling propulsion unit controller, and controller for watercraft66US 7,416,458 B2Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. · 2008