B60D 1/54
Collapsible or retractable when not in use
Official title: collapsible or retractable when not in use, e.g. hide-away hitches
B60D1/54 (Collapsible or retractable when not in use) appears on 403 US grants and 328 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60D- Granted patents
- 403
- Published applications
- 328
- Assignees
- 159
- Inventors
- 595
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7 |
| 2003 | 12 | 13 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6 |
| 2007 | 11 | 19 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 |
| 2009 | 12 | 10 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 |
| 2011 | 9 | 10 |
| 2012 | 12 | 13 |
| 2013 | 19 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10 |
| 2015 | 14 | 10 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9 |
| 2017 | 14 | 13 |
| 2018 | 10 | 15 |
| 2019 | 13 | 19 |
| 2020 | 11 | 15 |
| 2021 | 15 | 26 |
| 2022 | 18 | 24 |
| 2023 | 17 | 13 |
| 2024 | 14 | 19 |
| 2025 | 10 | 15 |
| 2026 | 17 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Off-road trailer6 Oct 2026US 12,752,580 B2
- Towable crash-attenuating vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,742,298 B2Concaten, Inc.
- Trailer hitch and trailer hitch system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,851 B2Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Rear arrangement for a vehicle7 Jul 2026US 12,673,524 B2Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
- Convertible handle30 Jun 2026US 12,668,086 B2Tricam Industries, Inc.
- Rear impact unit3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257640 A1ACPS Automotive GmbH
- Tow hitch assembly comprising a one-way wrap spring clutch6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225416 A1Brink Towing Systems B.V.
- Tow hook assembly for a vehicle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217070 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Movable tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same21 May 2026US 2026/0138404 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Movable tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same7 May 2026US 2026/0124862 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stowable-lock, convertible-pintle hitch90US 6,789,815 B2Wing Enterprises, Incorporated · 2004
- Swing away hitch assembly for a trailer and method of manufacturing same85US 5,503,423 ATracker Marine, L.L.C. · 1996
- Articulated vehicle82US 5,632,350 A1997
- Detachable axle and hitch assembly78US 7,237,789 B12007
- Three-axis trailer hitch having improved rotatable coupling between vehicle and trailer77US 4,711,461 APositive Connections, Inc. · 1987