B60J 5/044
The elements being flexible
Official title: {the elements being flexible, e.g. belts, cables or wires}
B60J5/044 (The elements being flexible) appears on 19 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 19
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 65
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Cable reinforcement for vehicle doors25 Jul 2023US 11,707,973 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Liftgate reinforcement arrangements25 Apr 2023US 11,634,013 B2Magna Exteriors Inc.
- Cable deployable across vehicle door opening28 Nov 2024US 2024/0391531 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Multilayered tether link for liftgate12 Sep 2024US 2024/0300307 A1Magna Exteriors Inc.
- Side impact restraint protection system for a vehicle21 Sep 2023US 2023/0294491 A1Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co.
- Vehicle back door15 Jun 2023US 2023/0182551 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Cable reinforcement for vehicle doors1 Dec 2022US 2022/0379692 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Door assembly and method for a vehicle37US 8,033,592 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2011
- Motor vehicle body with side impact protection25US 6,220,652 B1General Motors Corporation · 2001
- Vehicle body structure reinforced against side impact17US 7,331,626 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2008
- Door reinforcement for motor vehicles13US 4,915,442 AAustria Metall Aktiengesellschaft · 1990
- Full width side impact barrier13US 5,895,088 A1999