G05D 1/678
For tethered vehicles
Official title: for tethered vehicles (positioning towed, pushed or suspended implements G05D1/672)
G05D1/678 (For tethered vehicles) appears on 41 US grants and 82 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 82
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 176
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 7 | 19 |
| 2026 | 9 | 9 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods, and unmanned aerial systems for obtaining meteorological data6 Oct 2026US 12,754,345 B2Alveo AB
- Apparatuses, methods, and systems for supervising remotely operated vehicles over sparse datalinks25 Aug 2026US 12,717,334 B2Greensea Systems, Inc.
- Mastless aerial lighting system11 Aug 2026US 12,703,506 B2STL Innovation LLC
- Remotely deployed and operated drone-based sealed tank inspections12 May 2026US 12,625,505 B2Oceaneering International, Inc.
- Beam for transporting to remote locations21 Apr 2026US 12,605,578 B2
- Autonomous work vehicle including follow me function24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288160 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Aircraft System and Launching Method and Apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257790 A1Fuchszeug B.V.
- Method for trailer detection and method for controlling a vehicle function20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244221 A1
- Systems and Methods for Tethered Drones30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217384 A1Blue Vigil LLC
- Event triggered drone system and method for image collection and transmission26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086565 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System, mobile base station and umbilical cabling and tethering (UCAT) assist system75US 10,011,352 B1Working Drones, Inc. · 2018
- Autonomous inspector mobile platform55US 8,024,066 B2RedZone Robotics, Inc. · 2011
- Autonomous machine50US 7,873,437 B2Dyson Technology Limited · 2011
- Systems and methods for unmanned aerial painting applications24US 9,776,200 B2Luryto, LLC · 2017
- Aerial vehicle system16US 9,975,632 B2Drona, LLC · 2018