A61G 3/02
Loading or unloading personal conveyances
Official title: Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles
A61G3/02 (Loading or unloading personal conveyances) appears on 1,018 US grants and 812 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 1,018
- Published applications
- 812
- Assignees
- 361
- Inventors
- 1,643
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 10 |
| 2002 | 21 | 16 |
| 2003 | 19 | 22 |
| 2004 | 17 | 27 |
| 2005 | 11 | 17 |
| 2006 | 9 | 28 |
| 2007 | 17 | 23 |
| 2008 | 20 | 23 |
| 2009 | 17 | 31 |
| 2010 | 20 | 23 |
| 2011 | 20 | 36 |
| 2012 | 21 | 26 |
| 2013 | 25 | 27 |
| 2014 | 28 | 37 |
| 2015 | 33 | 25 |
| 2016 | 22 | 32 |
| 2017 | 26 | 28 |
| 2018 | 27 | 29 |
| 2019 | 24 | 34 |
| 2020 | 39 | 43 |
| 2021 | 31 | 53 |
| 2022 | 36 | 48 |
| 2023 | 37 | 45 |
| 2024 | 48 | 42 |
| 2025 | 38 | 45 |
| 2026 | 30 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ramp apparatus for vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,691 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Systems and methods for deploying a ramp element15 Sep 2026US 12,734,951 B1Zoox, Inc.
- Passenger ingress and egress assistance apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,728,051 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Facilitation of remote assistance for occupant in response to detection of distressed vehicle loading condition1 Sep 2026US 12,721,764 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- System and method for passenger access to a platform25 Aug 2026US 12,714,613 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Mounting structure of ramp module of vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306317 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Foldable ramp with separate platform side wall, light source and/or pair of connectors for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306318 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Pivot mechanism of a foldable ramp for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306319 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Foldable ramp for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door with load measurement arrangement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306320 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Door and vehicle having the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306321 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Collapsible, powered platform for lifting wheelchair189US 5,672,041 ACrow River Industries, Inc. · 1997
- Foldable platform wheelchair lift with safety barrier183US 5,401,135 ACrow River Industries, Inc. · 1995
- Rotary bus lift with power stowable platform140US 5,180,275 ABraun GmbH · 1993
- Modified door opening of a motorized vehicle for accommodating a ramp system and method thereof133US 9,789,922 B2Braun GmbH · 2017
- Dual hydraulic, parallelogram arm wheelchair lift115US 5,261,779 ABraun GmbH · 1993