B60R 3/002
Running boards
Official title: {Running boards (for vehicle tops B60R3/005; at the sides of the vehicle for carrying loads B60R9/02)}
B60R3/002 (Running boards) appears on 365 US grants and 361 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 365
- Published applications
- 361
- Assignees
- 144
- Inventors
- 647
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 12 | 14 |
| 2004 | 7 | 11 |
| 2005 | 6 | 18 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11 |
| 2009 | 6 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 | 5 |
| 2015 | 10 | 11 |
| 2016 | 16 | 20 |
| 2017 | 27 | 17 |
| 2018 | 22 | 28 |
| 2019 | 24 | 26 |
| 2020 | 27 | 27 |
| 2021 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022 | 14 | 18 |
| 2023 | 20 | 21 |
| 2024 | 23 | 19 |
| 2025 | 7 | 15 |
| 2026 | 16 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gearbox for a powered running board6 Oct 2026US 12,753,827 B2Magna Exteriors Inc.
- Deployable running board with structural and step integration8 Sep 2026US 12,728,797 B2Magna Exteriors Inc.
- Rideable cycle25 Aug 2026US 12,714,924 B1
- Air-gap aerodynamically sealing apparatus for a motorized vehicle, and motorized vehicle, in particular a truck, comprising such an apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,709,336 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Five and six bar linkage mechanisms for vehicle steps11 Aug 2026US 12,703,304 B2Magna Exteriors Inc.
- Work vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296345 A1Kubota Corporation
- Fire apparatus with low profile cab1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296571 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Running board for a motor vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285234 A1Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
- Extruded Running Board17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274166 A1Vintech Industries, Inc.
- Vehicle Side Step3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257624 A1Daechang Seat Co., LTD-Dongtan
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle running board139US 5,286,049 AFlex-N-Gate Corporation · 1994
- Retractable vehicle step130US 6,641,158 B2American Moto Products, Inc. · 2003
- Retractable vehicle step126US 6,942,233 B289908, Inc. · 2005
- Retractable vehicle step123US 6,834,875 B2American Moto Products, Inc. · 2004
- Retractable vehicle step111US 7,007,961 B289908, Inc. · 2006