B60R 21/34
Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle
Official title: Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians {(B60R19/02 takes precedence)}
B60R21/34 (Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle) appears on 1,361 US grants and 1,484 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 1,361
- Published applications
- 1,484
- Assignees
- 392
- Inventors
- 2,500
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 18 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Airbag apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,608 B2Subaru Corporation
- Vehicle front structure1 Sep 2026US 12,722,593 B2Subaru Corporation
- Assistance controlling apparatus, assistance controlling method, and computer-readable storage medium18 Aug 2026US 12,711,866 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Continuous rail and airborne rail transit alert system for pedestrians, vehicles and animals28 Jul 2026US 12,691,820 B1The Fred M. Kemp Foundation
- Motor vehicle with a rear spoiler28 Jul 2026US 12,691,958 B2Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
- Pedestrian protection device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307614 A1Subaru Corporation
- Pedestrian protection device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307615 A1Subaru Corporation
- Active pedestrian hood hinge with powered actuator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296360 A1Magna Closures Inc.
- Systems and methods of imminent collision detection and mitigation for autonomous vehicles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285300 A1TORC Robotics, Inc.
- Airbag10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264639 A1Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tunable energy absorbers122US 9,718,434 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2017
- Image change detection system113US 4,779,095 AH & G Systems, Inc. · 1988
- Vehicle sensing method for detecting a pedestrian impact112US 7,380,633 B2Delphi Technologies, Inc. · 2008
- Techniques for improving safe operation of a vehicle98US 8,880,296 B2American Vehicular Sciences LLC · 2014
- Structure of the front of a vehicle body81US 6,540,275 B1Mazda Motor Corporation · 2003