Improving gripping of ice-bound or other slippery traffic surfaces
Official title: Improving gripping of ice-bound or other slippery traffic surfaces, e.g. using gritting or thawing materials {; Roadside storage of gritting or solid thawing materials; Permanently installed devices for applying gritting or thawing materials; Mobile apparatus specially adapted for treating wintry roads by applying liquid, semi-liquid or granular materials}({treatment of dispersed oil or similar pollution on roads E01H1/001;} roughening ice by means of tools E01H5/12; applying de-icing agents to rails E01H8/10; thawing materials C09K3/18; by constructional features E01C11/24 {; apparatus for distributing granular materials for road building purposes E01C19/20})
E01H10/00 (Improving gripping of ice-bound or other slippery traffic surfaces) appears on 234 US grants and 263 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Recent patents
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Most cited
- Spreader control85US 4,523,280 ADickey-john Corporation · 1985
- Apparatus for spreading granular and liquid materials80US 5,186,396 A1993
- Apparatus and system for synchronized application of one or more materials to a surface from a vehicle and control of a vehicle mounted variable positions snow removal device75US 5,904,296 A1999
- Apparatus and system for synchronized application of one or more materials to a surface from a vehicle and control of a vehicle mounted variable position snow removal device69US 6,173,904 B12001
- Vehicle for spreading products on the road surface, in particular de-icing products67US 6,246,938 B1Giesecke & Devrient GmbH · 2001