B60R 19/02
Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending
Official title: Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects ({B60R19/56 takes precedence; initiating brake action by contact of bumper with an external object B60T7/22; for rail vehicles B61F19/04; safety equipment for cycles B62J27/00;} integral with waterborne vessels or specially adapted therefor B63B59/02)
B60R19/02 (Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending) appears on 4,283 US grants and 4,000 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 4,283
- Published applications
- 4,000
- Assignees
- 1,087
- Inventors
- 7,319
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 47 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 28 | 0 |
| 1981 | 29 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 58 | 0 |
| 2001 | 84 | 26 |
| 2002 | 77 | 80 |
| 2003 | 79 | 100 |
| 2004 | 104 | 135 |
| 2005 | 106 | 128 |
| 2006 | 82 | 129 |
| 2007 | 88 | 125 |
| 2008 | 80 | 128 |
| 2009 | 83 | 132 |
| 2010 | 95 | 115 |
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| 2021 | 202 | 197 |
| 2022 | 179 | 170 |
| 2023 | 145 | 152 |
| 2024 | 120 | 154 |
| 2025 | 168 | 166 |
| 2026 | 111 | 125 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 19/24Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles1,826
- B60R 19/18Characterised by the cross-section1,815
- B60R 19/48Combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects1,110
- B60R 19/04Formed from more than one section in a side-by-side arrangement461
- B60R 19/03Characterised by material353
- B60R 19/023Details345
- B60R 19/44Bumper guards153
- B60R 19/42Extending primarily along the sides of, or completely encircling, a vehicle130
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