F16H 61/22
Locking of the control input devices
Official title: Locking {of the control input devices} (constructional features of locking or disabling mechanisms F16H63/34)
F16H61/22 (Locking of the control input devices) appears on 631 US grants and 413 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16H- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods to impede shift from park in a vehicle11 Aug 2026US 12,704,174 B2
- System and method for intelligent vehicle gearshift in carwash9 Jun 2026US 12,650,169 B1
- 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
- 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
- Integrated Gearbox Lockout Device10 Apr 2025US 2025/0116325 A1Textron Innovations Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shift lever and parking brake control75US 4,473,141 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1984
- Selector lever apparatus for vehicle60US 4,905,802 AMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Miniaturized transmission shifter59US 6,295,887 B1Grand Haven Stamped Products, division of JSJ Corporation · 2001
- Transmission floor shifter control with a park/lock mechanism58US 4,474,085 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1984
- Gear selector safety lock56US 3,942,614 A1976