B67D 7/0401
Arrangements for automatically fuelling vehicles, i.e. without human intervention
Official title: {arrangements for automatically fuelling vehicles, i.e. without human intervention}
B67D7/0401 (Arrangements for automatically fuelling vehicles, i.e. without human intervention) appears on 206 US grants and 215 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 215
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and operations of transfer hubs for autonomous trucking systems11 Aug 2026US 12,703,390 B2Waymo LLC
- Apparatuses, systems, and methods for modular configurable autonomous fluid interface19 May 2026US 12,630,314 B1SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.
- System and method for fuel monitoring and spill prevention19 May 2026US 12,631,479 B2BNSF Railway Company
- Fuel dispenser adaptor for automatic refuelling14 Apr 2026US 12,600,617 B2Autofuel ApS
- Vehicle charging robot device24 Mar 2026US 12,583,347 B2Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
- Robotic Gas Pump for Autonomous Vehicle Refueling8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307977 A1
- System and method for automated vehicle refueling at refueling stations17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274213 A1TORC Robotics, Inc.
- Automated fuel dispenser and method of use for automated vehicle refueling17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274645 A1TORC Robotics, Inc.
- System and method for fuel monitoring and spill prevention17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276426 A1BNSF Railway Company
- Methods and systems for determining personalized media and targeted gaming applications25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179114 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel delivery system and method211US 9,346,662 B2Frac Shack Inc. · 2016
- Method and system for mobile distribution station173US 10,196,258 B2Fuel Automation Station, LLC · 2019
- Intelligent fueling170US 5,956,259 AGilbarco Inc. · 1999
- System for replenishing energy sources onboard different types of automotive vehicles139US 7,602,143 B22009
- Systems, devices and methods delivering energy using an uncrewed autonomous vehicle129US 9,778,653 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017