CPC technology class · B60

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements

Vehicle suspension arrangements. 6,732 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

6,732
US patents granted: #12/19
in B60: 2.7%
B60 class share: +27%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vehicle Suspension Arrangements ranks #214 of 670 CPC technology areas - 6,732 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 27% over five years.

#214
of 670 CPC technology areas: 6,732
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Ford Global
leading assignee (263): +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B60G's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B60G recorded 3,275 grants versus 2,583 in 2015–2019 (+27% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2024 at 739 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 471 (+57% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Fox Factory, Inc. holds 3.2% of the class ; the top three share 7.3%.

Leaderboard read

B60G concentration, lead at 3.2%

Fox Factory, Inc. leads this historical grant record at 3.2% of B60G - foreign corporation assignees hold 56% of class grants (2,168 of 3,850). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 3.2%
Top three share: 7.3%
Lead over #2: 76

Where B60G sits inside B60

Among 19 subclasses in B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60G ranks #12 and holds 2.7% of the parent class's 247,467 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

B60R 42,931 B60W 39,530 B60K 34,645 B60L 29,944 B60Y 14,131 B60Q 13,530 B60N 13,335 B60T 11,759

Rising assignees active in B60G

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 HL Mando Corporation 212x 0 → 212 company-wide · 11 in B60G
#2 Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. 146x 0 → 146 company-wide · 16 in B60G
#3 Daimler Truck AG 46x 0 → 46 company-wide · 5 in B60G
#4 Segway Technology Co., Ltd. 30x 0 → 30 company-wide · 7 in B60G
#5 Canoo Technologies Inc. 27x 3 → 80 company-wide · 5 in B60G

B60G grants by year, peak 2024 (739)

US utility-patent grants per year in B60G, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 27% versus 2015–2019.

Fox Factory

216
Zf Friedrichshafen

140
Polaris Industries

135
Firestone Industrial…

108
Audi

103
Hitachi Astemo

103
Hendrickson Usa L L C

83
Nhk Spring

77
Oshkosh Defense

77
Kyb

75
Hyundai Mobis

72
Yamaha Hatsudoki

70

What this shows Ford Global is the most active filer in B60G, holding 263 of the 6,732 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass B60G
Rank	Company	Patents in B60G
#1	Fox Factory, Inc.	216
#2	ZF Friedrichshafen AG	140
#3	Polaris Industries Inc.	135
#4	Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC	108
#5	Audi AG	103
#6	Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.	103
#7	Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.	83
#8	NHK Spring Co., Ltd.	77
#9	Oshkosh Defense, LLC	77
#10	KYB Corporation	75
#11	Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.	72
#12	Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha	70
#13	ClearMotion, Inc.	67
#14	Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC	65
#15	Driv Automotive Inc.	65
#16	Showa Corporation	64
#17	Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG	60
#18	SAF-Holland, Inc.	59
#19	Mazda Motor Corporation	54
#20	Volvo Truck Corporation	50

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B60G assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 B60G assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B60G. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near B60G's 6,732-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for B60G (#214 of 670 by volume ; lead share 3.9%) - not the B60 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B81B 6,733 H03L 6,701 B63B 6,790 C21D 6,851

Nearest by lead-assignee share

F41C 3.9% G05B 3.9% E01H 3.9% B66C 3.9%

Questions about B60G

Which company holds the most patents in B60G?

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads B60G with 263 patents (3.2% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 56% of class grants.

Which B60G assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B60G, HL Mando Corporation shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (212x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 212 in 2022–2024) while holding 11 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does B60G compare inside parent class B60?

Inside B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60G ranks #12 of 19 subclasses by grant volume and holds 2.7% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is B60R (42,931 grants).

What to do with this data

B60G in context - here's where to go next.

Fox Factory, Inc. leads B60G with 216 grants in this class. See full portfolio
B60G ranks #214 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class B60, the largest sibling subclass is B60R with 42,931 grants. Explore B60R

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - B60G figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (6,732 grants in the tracked window).

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