B60J 3/0278
Structure of the body
Official title: {structure of the body (B60J3/0208, B60J3/0213 take precedence)}
B60J3/0278 (Structure of the body) appears on 409 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 409
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 131
- Inventors
- 587
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 13 | 4 |
| 2004 | 8 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11 |
| 2006 | 9 | 18 |
| 2007 | 8 | 11 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 15 |
| 2016 | 10 | 9 |
| 2017 | 13 | 14 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 |
| 2019 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 14 | 20 |
| 2021 | 11 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10 | 17 |
| 2023 | 9 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Switchable vanity mirror in electrochromic sun visor15 Sep 2026US 12,734,863 B2Gentex Corporation
- Automotive screen deployment system11 Aug 2026US 12,703,230 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle sun visor with ticket holder12 May 2026US 12,623,518 B2Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle visor5 May 2026US 12,617,257 B2Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Vehicle sun visor14 Apr 2026US 12,600,297 B2Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
- Foldable sun visor10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264486 A1
- Switchable mirror for transparent visors6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225432 A1
- Magnetic splittable sun visor14 May 2026US 2026/0131641 A1Tesla, Inc.
- Vehicle visor assembly incorporating display16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103057 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Vehicle Hood Device4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368013 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lighted mirror apparatus365US 5,575,552 AUnited Technologies Automotive Systems, Inc. · 1996
- Visor and mirror assembly208US 4,075,468 APrince Corporation · 1978
- Visor illuminated mirror69US 4,000,404 APrince Corporation · 1976
- Visor assembly69US 4,227,241 APrince Corporation · 1980
- Lighted sun visor for vehicles61US 4,174,864 AGebr. Happich GmbH · 1979