G01B 21/26
For testing wheel alignment
Official title: for testing wheel alignment
G01B21/26 (For testing wheel alignment) appears on 122 US grants and 99 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 99
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 241
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 8 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for checking the attitude angles of the wheels of a land vehicle, in particular for a contactless check, and associated method of checking7 Jul 2026US 12,674,656 B2Vamag S.R.L.
- Vehicle alignment gauge fixture26 May 2026US 12,637,032 B1Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Systems and methods for calibrating a vehicle steering angle by leveraging a steering pinion angle offset and a wheel alignment funnel17 Feb 2026US 12,552,455 B2Ford Motor Company
- Automatic wheel configuring device23 Dec 2025US 12,503,181 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Method for monitoring an aircraft landing gear employing at least one accelerometer supported by a wheel of the landing gear, and aircraft implementing this method29 Jul 2025US 12,371,157 B2Safran Electronics & Defense
- Universal wheel-fixation frame for electronic alignment sensor3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259031 A1Jackco Transnational Inc.
- Vehicle detection apparatus and four-wheel aligner12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071870 A1Shenzhen Smartsafe Tech Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle Wheel Alignment via Sensor Fusion2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305818 A1Gyraline Corporation
- Method for operating a rotation angle sensor unit for use in steering systems of motor vehicles, rotation angle sensor unit, steering system and motor vehicle7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249956 A1thyssenkrupp AG
- Apparatus and method for detecting abnormal wheel alignment24 Apr 2025US 2025/0130040 A1Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for measuring the relative position of two objects159US 4,339,709 AFacom · 1982
- Wheel alignment system and method for vehicles having steer-by-wire steering system44US 6,098,296 ADelco Electronics Corporation · 2000
- Method and apparatus for determining wheel alignment optical target orientation parameters43US 6,134,792 AHunter Engineering Company · 2000
- Truck wheel clamp with floating spindle plate31US 4,377,038 AFMC Corporation · 1983
- Context sensitive vehicle alignment and inspection system30US 5,774,361 AHunter Engineering Company · 1998