G01L 5/221
To steering wheels
Official title: {to steering wheels, e.g. for power assisted steering}
G01L5/221 (To steering wheels) appears on 538 US grants and 576 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01L- Granted patents
- 538
- Published applications
- 576
- Assignees
- 207
- Inventors
- 1,044
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 17 | 22 |
| 2003 | 16 | 21 |
| 2004 | 13 | 25 |
| 2005 | 24 | 21 |
| 2006 | 23 | 12 |
| 2007 | 7 | 16 |
| 2008 | 10 | 9 |
| 2009 | 11 | 19 |
| 2010 | 10 | 11 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15 |
| 2013 | 14 | 13 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 |
| 2015 | 10 | 15 |
| 2016 | 18 | 28 |
| 2017 | 25 | 26 |
| 2018 | 29 | 35 |
| 2019 | 28 | 42 |
| 2020 | 33 | 49 |
| 2021 | 28 | 34 |
| 2022 | 34 | 36 |
| 2023 | 33 | 43 |
| 2024 | 36 | 26 |
| 2025 | 25 | 18 |
| 2026 | 21 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sensor device having a torque sensor unit and a steering angle sensor unit for a motor vehicle15 Sep 2026US 12,735,099 B2Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
- Torque-sensor device and method for assembling a torque-sensor device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,324 B2Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
- Smart ring system for measuring stress levels and using machine learning techniques to predict high risk driving behavior11 Aug 2026US 12,703,400 B2Quanata, LLC
- Sensing device4 Aug 2026US 12,699,016 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Sensor device30 Jun 2026US 12,669,393 B2Denso Corporation
- Measuring stress levels and using machine learning techniques to predict high risk behavior8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307686 A1Quanata, LLC
- Hands on/off detection sensor in a vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298742 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Method and device for detecting contact of hands with a steering wheel of a vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274280 A1
- Sensor device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217312 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Electrode device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208783 A1Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Torque detector1,014US 6,539,816 B2Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Torque detecting apparatus72US 4,874,053 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1989
- Sensor for sensing absolute angular position of a rotatable body60US 6,759,648 B2Bishop Innovation Limited · 2004
- Non-contacting sensor for measuring relative displacement between two rotating shafts55US 6,367,337 B1CTS Corporation · 2002
- Displacement detection device46US 4,966,041 ANippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990