B63H 21/213
Levers or the like for controlling the engine or the transmission
Official title: {Levers or the like for controlling the engine or the transmission, e.g. single hand control levers}
B63H21/213 (Levers or the like for controlling the engine or the transmission) appears on 661 US grants and 521 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63H- Granted patents
- 661
- Published applications
- 521
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 853
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 15 | 33 |
| 2024 | 33 | 38 |
| 2025 | 41 | 39 |
| 2026 | 29 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Navigation control system and method for a marine vessel8 Sep 2026US 12,730,456 B1Brunswick Corporation
- Engine control apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,715,566 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Boat propulsion systems20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242045 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Watercraft maneuvering system and watercraft13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233814 A1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Portable watercraft maneuvering device, watercraft maneuvering system, and watercraft13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233821 A1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Watercraft maneuvering system and watercraft13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233822 A1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Wireless power and data provisioning in lever control systems for marine vessels6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229919 A1AB Volvo Penta
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shift assisting device1,417US 4,973,274 ASanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Control system for a marine vessel495US 6,273,771 B1Brunswick Corporation · 2001
- Hand controller255US 4,216,467 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1980
- Simplified docking method and apparatus for a multiple engine marine vessel163US 6,234,853 B1Brunswick Corporation · 2001
- Joystick method for maneuvering a marine vessel with two or more sterndrive units109US 7,467,595 B1Brunswick Corporation · 2008