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 filing trajectory.
- 6,732
- US patents granted
- B60
- Parent CPC class
- 20
- Active assignees
- +45%
- 5-yr velocity
CPC subclass B60G — VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS — covers 6,732 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025 according to USPTO PatentsView records. This subclass sits within the broader CPC class B60 (VEHICLES IN GENERAL), one of roughly 250 top-level technology categories in the Cooperative Patent Classification system jointly maintained by the USPTO and the European Patent Office. At the subclass level, four-character codes like B60G give the most practical resolution for tracking a specific technology domain without losing sight of adjacent filings. Every grant here has been classified by a USPTO examiner based on the technical disclosure in the patent specification.
The competitive landscape in B60G is shaped by 20 distinct companies actively filing in this space. Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads with 263 patents, followed by ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG at 1,756 grants and Polaris Industries Inc. at 563. Concentration at the top of the leaderboard indicates whether this technology area is dominated by a handful of incumbents or fragmented across many filers — a useful signal for investors evaluating competitive moats and for product teams mapping freedom-to-operate risk.
Filing trajectory matters as much as static counts. The yearly series on this page plots grants from 2015 through 2025, highlighting whether innovation in B60G is accelerating, plateauing, or cooling. Technology areas with rising post-2020 activity often reflect emerging markets or new platform shifts, while declining filings can signal mature domains where incremental improvement has slowed. Researchers, licensing professionals, and competitive-intelligence teams use these patterns — together with the top-assignee distribution — to decide where to invest, where to license, and where to avoid entanglement. All counts on this page come directly from USPTO PatentsView and reflect US granted utility patents only.
Is B60G innovation accelerating?
US utility-patent grants per year in B60G, 2015–2025 — recent five years are up 45% versus 2015–2019.
Who leads B60G?
The 12 most active assignees in VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS — wider bars mean more grants
- Fox Factory 405
Fox Factory, Inc.
405 patents
- Zf Friedrichshafen
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
1,756 patents
- Polaris Industries 563
Polaris Industries Inc.
563 patents
- Firestone Industrial… 162
Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC
162 patents
- Audi
AUDI AG
2,738 patents
- Hitachi Astemo
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
1,145 patents
- Hendrickson Usa L L C 134
Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.
134 patents
- Nhk Spring 499
NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
499 patents
- Oshkosh Defense 169
OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC
169 patents
- Kyb 389
KYB CORPORATION
389 patents
- Hyundai Mobis
HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
2,279 patents
- Yamaha Hatsudoki
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1,310 patents
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
| Rank | Company | Patents in B60G |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fox Factory, Inc. | 405 |
| #2 | ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG | 1,756 |
| #3 | Polaris Industries Inc. | 563 |
| #4 | Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC | 162 |
| #5 | AUDI AG | 2,738 |
| #6 | Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. | 1,145 |
| #7 | Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. | 134 |
| #8 | NHK SPRING CO., LTD. | 499 |
| #9 | OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC | 169 |
| #10 | KYB CORPORATION | 389 |
| #11 | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. | 2,279 |
| #12 | YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 1,310 |
| #13 | ClearMotion, Inc. | 73 |
| #14 | Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC | 266 |
| #15 | DRIV Automotive Inc. | 82 |
| #16 | SHOWA CORPORATION | 207 |
| #17 | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG | 2,548 |
| #18 | SAF-Holland, Inc. | 204 |
| #19 | MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1,922 |
| #20 | Volvo Truck Corporation | 1,171 |
About This Class
CPC subclass B60G belongs to class B60.
6,732 patents were granted in this class between 2015 and 2025.
20 companies actively patent in this space.
Classification System
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used by the USPTO and EPO.
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