B60J 5/0451
Block or short strip-type elements
Official title: {Block or short strip-type elements (beams B60J5/0443, position thereof B60J5/0423)}
B60J5/0451 (Block or short strip-type elements) appears on 131 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 131
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 367
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle doors including reinforcement members16 Jun 2026US 12,654,521 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Vehicle door structure27 May 2025US 12,311,743 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Vehicle door structure28 Jan 2025US 12,208,665 B1Nissan North America, Inc.
- Door-trim panel having collapsible ribs and grooves28 May 2024US 11,993,211 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle door assembly20 Feb 2024US 11,904,667 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Panel set3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257540 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- 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
- Vehicle outer plate structure23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109206 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Energy absorbing vehicle doors109US 5,306,066 AFord Motor Company · 1994
- Inner panel assembly with integral energy absorber97US 5,040,335 ADavidson Textron Inc. · 1991
- Energy absorbing vehicle door and side panels71US 5,395,135 AFord Motor Company · 1995
- Automotive body panel damping system66US 6,502,821 B2L&L Products, Inc. · 2003
- Structural reinforcement member and method of use therefor63US 7,503,620 B2Zephyros, Inc. · 2009