B60J 7/1291
Soft tops for closed vehicle bodies
Official title: {Soft tops for closed vehicle bodies}
B60J7/1291 (Soft tops for closed vehicle bodies) appears on 101 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 101
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 114
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
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.
- Targa and retractable vehicle tops and related methods10 Feb 2026US 12,545,086 B2Big Sky Land Company, LLC
- Vehicle roof having an openable folding roof with a tensioning cable system20 Jan 2026US 12,528,340 B2Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
- External roll cover18 Mar 2025US 12,251,996 B2
- Brake light for truck bed enclosure16 Jan 2024US 11,872,930 B2
- Vehicle with manually configurable bi-directional roof21 May 2026US 2026/0138426 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Soft top assembly with linkage free bow system27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100358 A1Bestop, Inc.
- Folding roof and vehicle6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074173 A1Fuzhou Yisen Automotive Parts Co., Ltd
- Vehicle roof having an openable folding roof with a tensioning cable system11 Jul 2024US 2024/0227523 A9Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
- external roll cover2 May 2024US 2024/0140179 A1Zhejiang Surpass Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automobile with canvas53US 5,299,850 AOhta Sheet Company · 1994
- Modular convertible top53US 7,240,960 B2Magna Car Top Systems GmbH · 2007
- Convertible sliding top49US 10,065,486 B2Lund Motion Products, Inc. · 2018
- Folding top for a passenger car with folding roof45US 5,207,474 AWilhelm Karmann GmbH · 1993
- Automotive convertible top attaching construction30US 6,206,450 B1Suzuki Motor Corporation · 2001