B60R 19/00
Wheel guards
Official title: Wheel guards; Radiator guards, {e.g. grilles}; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions ({reinforcement elements for side doors B60J5/0412; } mudguards B62D)
B60R19/00 (Wheel guards) appears on 5,081 US grants and 4,687 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 5,081
- Published applications
- 4,687
- Assignees
- 1,305
- Inventors
- 8,617
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 44 | 0 |
| 1977 | 47 | 0 |
| 1978 | 52 | 0 |
| 1979 | 21 | 0 |
| 1980 | 31 | 0 |
| 1981 | 30 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 28 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 44 | 0 |
| 1998 | 59 | 0 |
| 1999 | 54 | 0 |
| 2000 | 72 | 0 |
| 2001 | 108 | 33 |
| 2002 | 95 | 94 |
| 2003 | 99 | 109 |
| 2004 | 113 | 156 |
| 2005 | 127 | 148 |
| 2006 | 97 | 148 |
| 2007 | 102 | 141 |
| 2008 | 99 | 145 |
| 2009 | 92 | 157 |
| 2010 | 109 | 133 |
| 2011 | 116 | 134 |
| 2012 | 134 | 154 |
| 2013 | 140 | 163 |
| 2014 | 171 | 162 |
| 2015 | 198 | 233 |
| 2016 | 198 | 234 |
| 2017 | 250 | 275 |
| 2018 | 234 | 314 |
| 2019 | 273 | 304 |
| 2020 | 237 | 258 |
| 2021 | 232 | 233 |
| 2022 | 216 | 214 |
| 2023 | 184 | 193 |
| 2024 | 156 | 202 |
| 2025 | 208 | 199 |
| 2026 | 132 | 151 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 19/02Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending4,283
- B60R 19/52Radiator or grille guards530
- B60R 19/56Fittings damping bouncing force in truck collisions234
- B60R 19/54Obstruction removers or deflectors104
- B60R 2019/007Means for adjusting or regulating the crash absorption capacity of the vehicleIndexing code95
- B60R 2019/005Crash attenuators, i.e. means added to highway service vehicles for softening highIndexing code81
- B60R 2019/002Wheel guardsIndexing code62
Recent patents
- Vehicle front structure6 Oct 2026US 12,752,727 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Impact absorber having sensing amplifier6 Oct 2026US 12,752,728 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Releaseable spring-loaded bumper assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,729 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle grill guard having a releasable fold-down center assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,730 B2Westin Automotive Products, Inc.
- Systems and methods of sensor data fusion6 Oct 2026US 12,754,977 B2Digital Global Systems, Inc.
- Decorative vehicle grille accessory with flexible attachment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307598 A1
- Pedestrian protection device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307614 A1Subaru Corporation
- Method for manufacturing a rear part structure for a vehicle body8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307735 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Vehicle part with aesthetic contribution1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296334 A1OPmobility SE
- Lid for vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296346 A1Moriroku Kabushiki Kaisha
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By later US patents
- Accident avoidance system789US 6,405,132 B1Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicular component control systems and methods554US 6,442,465 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Monitoring device for a motor vehicle299US 6,989,736 B2Donnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · 2006
- Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning295US 7,761,954 B2iRobot Corporation · 2010