B60J 5/0438
Characterised by the type of elongated elements
Official title: {characterised by the type of elongated elements}
B60J5/0438 (Characterised by the type of elongated elements) appears on 381 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 381
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 187
- Inventors
- 873
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 15 |
| 2003 | 13 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12 |
| 2005 | 12 | 15 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 1 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7 |
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| 2015 | 12 | 16 |
| 2016 | 8 | 13 |
| 2017 | 13 | 19 |
| 2018 | 13 | 19 |
| 2019 | 15 | 21 |
| 2020 | 20 | 17 |
| 2021 | 21 | 15 |
| 2022 | 17 | 22 |
| 2023 | 19 | 23 |
| 2024 | 14 | 15 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle beam component with transverse stiffening array6 Oct 2026US 12,752,610 B2Shape Corp.
- Rigidity-improved vehicle panel door30 Jun 2026US 12,668,106 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle doors including reinforcement members16 Jun 2026US 12,654,521 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Vehicle structural member24 Mar 2026US 12,583,406 B2Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
- Cable deployable across vehicle door opening17 Mar 2026US 12,576,699 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Impact absorbing structures and methods of manufacturing27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249667 A1Plasan Sasa Ltd.
- Thermally broken trimless door13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234989 A1
- Rear door horizontal stiffener11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158882 A1Fca US LLC
- Vehicle side portion structure21 May 2026US 2026/0138423 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle side structure21 May 2026US 2026/0138424 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Composite laminate beam for radiator support248US 5,575,526 ANovamax Technologies, Inc. · 1996
- Composite tubular door beam reinforced with a syntactic foam core localized at the mid-span of the tube244US 4,978,562 AMPA Diversified Products Inc. · 1990
- Composite tubular door beam reinforced with a reacted core localized at the mid-span of the tube233US 5,124,186 AMPA Diversified Products Inc. · 1992
- Reinforced door beam214US 5,884,960 AHenkel Corporation · 1999
- Method of manufacturing a lightweight composite automotive door beam164US 4,922,596 AEssex Composite Systems · 1990