B60R 21/38
Using means for lifting bonnets
Official title: using means for lifting bonnets
B60R21/38 (Using means for lifting bonnets) appears on 348 US grants and 376 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 348
- Published applications
- 376
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 688
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 |
| 2003 | 12 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14 |
| 2006 | 10 | 18 |
| 2007 | 8 | 23 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12 |
| 2009 | 22 | 23 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 |
| 2011 | 14 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 | 7 |
| 2013 | 17 | 14 |
| 2014 | 14 | 22 |
| 2015 | 16 | 26 |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 |
| 2017 | 27 | 23 |
| 2018 | 21 | 18 |
| 2019 | 18 | 19 |
| 2020 | 19 | 25 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024 | 15 | 12 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for reducing the impact of pedestrians70US 6,182,782 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Safety device for the protection of pedestrians69US 4,249,632 AVolkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft · 1981
- Collision discriminating apparatus for vehicles69US 6,561,301 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho · 2003
- Vehicle hood deployment device for pedestrian protection68US 6,439,330 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2002
- Pyrotechnic actuator for retracting a piston51US 7,735,405 B2Autoliv ASP, Inc. · 2010