B60J 7/185
Locking arrangements
Official title: Locking arrangements (locks in general E05B)
B60J7/185 (Locking arrangements) appears on 685 US grants and 650 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60J- Granted patents
- 685
- Published applications
- 650
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 921
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 6 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 |
| 2003 | 12 | 9 |
| 2004 | 16 | 25 |
| 2005 | 16 | 10 |
| 2006 | 10 | 19 |
| 2007 | 9 | 7 |
| 2008 | 14 | 21 |
| 2009 | 8 | 17 |
| 2010 | 19 | 13 |
| 2011 | 11 | 6 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 |
| 2013 | 11 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 19 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 |
| 2016 | 23 | 24 |
| 2017 | 29 | 37 |
| 2018 | 34 | 49 |
| 2019 | 46 | 56 |
| 2020 | 50 | 52 |
| 2021 | 44 | 48 |
| 2022 | 52 | 44 |
| 2023 | 41 | 39 |
| 2024 | 27 | 34 |
| 2025 | 22 | 39 |
| 2026 | 26 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60J 7/19For rigid panels444
- B60J 7/1851For locking the foldable soft- or hard-top to the windshield header140
- B60J 7/1855For locking or immobilising roof elements when stored60
- B60J 7/1858For locking soft tops to a surrounding rigid roof structure46
- B60J 7/1856For interlocking the roof linkage system when deployed40
Recent patents
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- Ultra-thin embedded rigid cover with special fixing method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,701 B2
- Tonneau cover tie-down assembly18 Aug 2026US 12,709,140 B2Truck Accessories Group, LLC
- Tonneau cover18 Aug 2026US 12,709,141 B2Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Tonneau cover system11 Aug 2026US 12,703,231 B2
- Tonneau cover1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296153 A1Worksport Ltd.
- Pickup truck tonneau cover1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296154 A1Kunshan Qunguang Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
- Adjustable-spacing clamping device for car cover parts24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285136 A1
- Retrofittable tonneau cover latch systems27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249669 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Multi-piece roof for an automotive canopy23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208569 A1RSI North America, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tonneau cover assembly clamping assembly116US 5,540,475 ACustom Form Manufacturing, Inc. · 1996
- Clamp for a tonneau cover80US 7,258,387 B22007
- Tonneau cover79US 7,334,830 B22008
- Fluid transfer devices and methods of use70US 9,883,987 B2ICU Medical, Inc. · 2018
- Combination of a lockable, soft tonneau cover and lockable tailgate67US 6,234,561 B1Bestop, Inc. · 2001