U-Haul Holding Company (UHAL)
NYSE: UHAL · Services-Auto Rental & Leasing (No Drivers) · Reno, NV · filing with the SEC since 1994
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◀ Past 4.4● Present 7.0▶ Future 4.9
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026114 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to U-Haul Holding Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
114
95 utility, 19 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 1 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
34
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Transport5
IT methods for management3
Measurement1
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
26 published
U-Haul International, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 published
Amerco, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (2)
Two PAC Company
Most of its patents print SE; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
eMove, Inc.
Most of its patents print AT; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,462,604 | Method and system for verifying uploaded customer photographs | Computer technology | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 11,958,323 | Lock device for self latching-coupler | Transport | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Nov 14, 2023 | 11,816,602 | Method and apparatus for online rental of vehicles | IT methods for management | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 11,794,537 | Trailer coupler riser | Transport | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| May 9, 2023 | 11,645,705 | Method and apparatus for real-time qualification of rental customers | IT methods for management | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 11,614,470 | Non-invasive current sensing device | Measurement | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 11,613,319 | Trailer lighting activation device | Transport | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Jan 17, 2023 | 11,554,622 | Ball mount with indicator | Transport | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Nov 1, 2022 | 11,488,241 | Method and apparatus for mobile rental of vehicles | IT methods for management | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| May 10, 2022 | 11,325,466 | Apparatus for drive shaft extension | Transport | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2023 | 2023/0323712 | Storage Door Locked Open Insert | Civil engineering | U-Haul International, Inc. |
| Aug 24, 2023 | 2023/0264529 | Noise Isolator for Quiet Ball Mount | Transport | U-Haul International, Inc. |
| May 4, 2023 | 2023/0139691 | Trailer Coupler Riser | Transport | U-Haul International, Inc. · patent 11,794,537 granted from it |
| Mar 16, 2023 | 2023/0080966 | Method and Apparatus for Mobile Rental of Vehicles | IT methods for management | U-Haul International, Inc. |
| Dec 8, 2022 | 2022/0392258 | Method and System for Verifying Uploaded Customer Photographs | Computer technology | U-Haul International, Inc. · patent 12,462,604 granted from it |
| May 5, 2022 | 2022/0137099 | Non-Invasive Current Sensing Device | Measurement | U-Haul International, Inc. · patent 11,614,470 granted from it |
| Jun 3, 2021 | 2021/0162823 | Ball Mount with Indicator | Transport | U-Haul International, Inc. · patent 11,554,622 granted from it |
| Mar 25, 2021 | 2021/0086853 | Trailer Lighting Activation Device | Transport | U-Haul International, Inc. · patent 11,613,319 granted from it |
| Sep 29, 2011 | 2011/0233899 | Coupler Assembly with Guided Ball Clamp | Transport | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. · patent 8,262,122 granted from it |
| Apr 15, 2010 | 2010/0090442 | Coupler Assembly With Guided Ball Clamp | Transport | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. · patent 7,954,840 granted from it |
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.