B60P 1/43
Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the
Official title: using a loading ramp mounted on the vehicle (loading ramps per se B65G69/28)
B60P1/43 (Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the) appears on 849 US grants and 786 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60P- Granted patents
- 849
- Published applications
- 786
- Assignees
- 341
- Inventors
- 1,513
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 8 |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 |
| 2003 | 19 | 20 |
| 2004 | 27 | 26 |
| 2005 | 14 | 13 |
| 2006 | 21 | 26 |
| 2007 | 15 | 31 |
| 2008 | 11 | 30 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 |
| 2011 | 16 | 24 |
| 2012 | 24 | 12 |
| 2013 | 24 | 29 |
| 2014 | 23 | 28 |
| 2015 | 21 | 24 |
| 2016 | 20 | 36 |
| 2017 | 36 | 38 |
| 2018 | 46 | 43 |
| 2019 | 34 | 36 |
| 2020 | 42 | 41 |
| 2021 | 40 | 43 |
| 2022 | 29 | 58 |
| 2023 | 37 | 47 |
| 2024 | 42 | 43 |
| 2025 | 44 | 33 |
| 2026 | 15 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60P 1/435The ramp being attached to or making part of the side- or283
- B60P 1/433The loading floor or a part thereof being movable to form the187
- B60P 1/431The ramp being stored under the loading floor when not in use167
- B60P 1/438With means for balancing the weight of the ramp between use and38
- B60P 1/436The ramp being used for more than one height of loading floor15
Recent patents
- Ramp apparatus for vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,691 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Systems and methods for deploying a ramp element15 Sep 2026US 12,734,951 B1Zoox, Inc.
- Method of controlling a vehicle having a load ramp25 Aug 2026US 12,715,353 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Hitch-attached truck bed ramp18 Aug 2026US 12,709,209 B1
- In-floor ramp assembly with overhead rail, lateral guides, and energy absorbing end stops11 Aug 2026US 12,702,601 B2Braun GmbH
- Mounting structure of ramp module of vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306317 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Foldable ramp with separate platform side wall, light source and/or pair of connectors for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306318 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Foldable ramp for wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door with load measurement arrangement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306320 A1Api Cz S.R.O.
- Vehicle having ramp apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307571 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Ramp apparatus for vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307572 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Recreation vehicle carrier for a truck96US 6,371,719 B12002
- Integrated vehicle tailgate91US 6,454,338 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2002
- Combination pickup truck bed extender-foldable ramp89US 5,752,800 A1998
- Combination loading ramp and tailgate closure device86US 4,596,417 A1986
- Multipurpose all-terrain vehicle launchable by parachute86US 6,695,566 B2Equipos Industriales de Manutencion, S.A. (EINSA) · 2004