F16H 2061/223
Electrical gear shift lock
Official title: {Electrical gear shift lock, e.g. locking of lever in park or neutral position by electric means if brake is not applied; Key interlock, i.e. locking the key if lever is not in park position}
F16H2061/223 (Electrical gear shift lock) appears on 271 US grants and 139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 271
- Published applications
- 139
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 448
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 7 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 |
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| 2021 | 12 | 9 |
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| 2023 | 8 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods to impede shift from park in a vehicle11 Aug 2026US 12,704,174 B2
- Control device for vehicle13 Jan 2026US 12,523,291 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Actuator for a land-based motor vehicle component25 Nov 2025US 12,480,578 B2Electricfil Automotive
- Vehicle passenger sensing and reporting system17 Jun 2025US 12,330,586 B2Freedman Seating Company
- Stealthy transmission shift interlock solenoid kill switch system and associated method(s)15 Oct 2024US 12,115,930 B1
- Systems and methods to impede shift from park in a vehicle21 May 2026US 2026/0139736 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehical passenger sensing and reporting system2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303999 A1Freedman Seating Company
- Control device for vehicle31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243930 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Transmission control apparatus19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198507 A1SL Corporation
- Actuator for a land-based motor vehicle component28 Dec 2023US 2023/0417322 A1Electricfil Automotive
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shift lever and parking brake control75US 4,473,141 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1984
- Miniaturized transmission shifter59US 6,295,887 B1Grand Haven Stamped Products, division of JSJ Corporation · 2001
- Gear selector safety lock56US 3,942,614 A1976
- Brake/shift interlock for an automatic transmission shift control mechanism51US 4,887,702 AUnited Technologies Automotive, Inc. · 1989
- Transmission range selector system51US 6,550,351 B1Stoneridge Control Devices, Inc. · 2003