F16H 61/18
Preventing unintentional or unsafe shift
Official title: Preventing unintentional or unsafe shift {, e.g. preventing manual shift from highest gear to reverse gear}
F16H61/18 (Preventing unintentional or unsafe shift) appears on 293 US grants and 200 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
- 293
- Published applications
- 200
- Assignees
- 137
- Inventors
- 638
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 9 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 |
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| 2015 | 9 | 16 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 |
| 2018 | 13 | 16 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 |
| 2020 | 11 | 12 |
| 2021 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 11 | 13 |
| 2023 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for intelligent vehicle gearshift in carwash9 Jun 2026US 12,650,169 B1
- Control system for electric vehicle3 Feb 2026US 12,539,771 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle20 Jan 2026US 12,528,350 B2Subaru Corporation
- Control method for vehicle and control device for vehicle9 Sep 2025US 12,410,862 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Bus boarding protection system and method24 Jun 2025US 12,338,669 B1Intermotive, Inc.
- Control method for vehicle and control device for vehicle27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251217 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle control method and vehicle control device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168572 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Gearshift arrangement and a vehicle22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022765 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Gearshift arrangement and a vehicle22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022766 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Controlling Gears in a Vehicle13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347342 A1Oxa Autonomy Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gearshift for a vehicle simulator having a solenoid for imposing a resistance force132US 5,197,003 AAtari Games Corporation · 1993
- Electrical control system for control of an automatic transmission apparatus53US 4,817,471 A1989
- Electrical control system for control of an automatic transmission apparatus52US 4,922,769 AAutomotive Products (USA), Inc. · 1990
- Electric shift apparatus35US 4,790,204 AAutomotive Products plc · 1988
- Reverse drive for vehicle35US 5,024,113 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991