G01M 17/04
Suspension or damping
G01M17/04 (Suspension or damping) appears on 285 US grants and 256 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01M- Granted patents
- 285
- Published applications
- 256
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 645
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 8 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 8 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 10 | 14 |
| 2015 | 10 | 22 |
| 2016 | 15 | 10 |
| 2017 | 13 | 14 |
| 2018 | 15 | 11 |
| 2019 | 11 | 17 |
| 2020 | 12 | 10 |
| 2021 | 11 | 18 |
| 2022 | 12 | 18 |
| 2023 | 16 | 15 |
| 2024 | 20 | 16 |
| 2025 | 15 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Suspension system for a heavy vehicle6 Jan 2026US 12,518,573 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Intelligent vehicle vibration analyzer16 Dec 2025US 12,498,295 B1Automotive Test Solutions, Inc.
- Sensor device and method for sensing gas for aircraft shock-absorber4 Nov 2025US 12,459,670 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Transient detection in a high-voltage network of an electric vehicle4 Nov 2025US 12,461,135 B2Audi AG
- Sensor system for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, for detecting the vehicle speed, the vehicle level and/or the state of the vehicle suspension, arrangement for such a sensor system and vehicle having such a sensor system7 Oct 2025US 12,434,527 B2Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Monolithic elastomeric lever8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307441 A1Pullman Incorporated
- System and method for diagnosing a suspension8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309585 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Inspection system, control device, and inspection method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210806 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Estimating device, estimating method, program and training device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166928 A1Bridgestone Corporation
- Vehicle test stand and method for carrying out measurement and adjustment work on a vehicle and for carrying out driving simulations using the vehicle test stand28 May 2026US 2026/0146920 A1Dürr Assembly Products GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method, system, and device for optimizing a vehicle's suspension151US 8,056,392 B2JRI Development Group, LLC · 2011
- Sensor structure for measuring vehicle suspension related information110US 6,418,360 B1Shockware · 2002
- Methods and apparatus for developing a vehicle suspension103US 7,946,163 B2Penske Racing Shocks · 2011
- Apparatus and method for pitch state estimation for a vehicle73US 7,979,179 B2Segway Inc. · 2011
- Tire and suspension warning and monitoring system55US 6,759,952 B2TRW Inc. · 2004