B60J 7/028
The sliding movement being combined with a pivoting movement
Official title: {the sliding movement being combined with a pivoting movement}
B60J7/028 (The sliding movement being combined with a pivoting movement) appears on 72 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 72
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 120
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rear hard enclosure for a soft top12 May 2026US 12,623,522 B2Bestop, Inc.
- Folding sliding vehicle roof top22 Oct 2024US 12,122,225 B2Bestop, Inc.
- Method for opening and closing a vehicle roof, corresponding opening and closing system and vehicle9 Jul 2024US 12,030,372 B2Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A.
- Rear hard enclosure for a soft top12 Dec 2023US 11,840,132 B2Bestop, Inc.
- Vehicle roof comprising a bearing device for a cover22 Aug 2023US 11,731,496 B2Webasto SE
- A trailer-based mobile observatory enclosure14 Dec 2023US 2023/0398848 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Rear hard enclosure for a soft top9 Nov 2023US 2023/0356575 A1Bestop, Inc.
- Roof device for vehicle and control method thereof11 May 2023US 2023/0143644 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Method for opening and closing a vehicle roof, corresponding opening and closing system and vehicle16 Feb 2023US 2023/0052773 A1Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A.
- Rear hard enclosure for a soft top5 Jan 2023US 2023/0001775 A1Bestop, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Retractable hard-top for an automotive vehicle64US 5,785,375 AASC Incorporated · 1998
- Vehicle roof63US 5,558,388 AWebasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH · 1996
- Lengthwise movable vehicle roof58US 5,542,735 AWebasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH · 1996
- Multi-position retractable vehicle roof51US 5,078,447 AC. & C. S.R.L. · 1992
- Convertible vehicle48US 6,053,560 AWilhelm Karmann GmbH · 2000