B60R 3/02
Retractable steps or ladders
Official title: Retractable steps {or ladders, e.g. movable under shock (B60R3/005 takes precedence)}
B60R3/02 (Retractable steps or ladders) appears on 978 US grants and 940 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 978
- Published applications
- 940
- Assignees
- 354
- Inventors
- 1,674
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 |
| 2004 | 8 | 14 |
| 2005 | 19 | 26 |
| 2006 | 18 | 26 |
| 2007 | 16 | 21 |
| 2008 | 21 | 36 |
| 2009 | 19 | 30 |
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| 2011 | 27 | 8 |
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| 2018 | 51 | 57 |
| 2019 | 45 | 48 |
| 2020 | 49 | 56 |
| 2021 | 35 | 66 |
| 2022 | 56 | 61 |
| 2023 | 48 | 71 |
| 2024 | 56 | 55 |
| 2025 | 52 | 65 |
| 2026 | 50 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Deployable step assembly for an agricultural utility vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,710 B2Deere & Company
- Telescopic boom lift6 Oct 2026US 12,752,711 B2Magni Real Estate S.R.L.
- Vehicle step device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,712 B2Aisin Corporation
- Gearbox for a powered running board6 Oct 2026US 12,753,827 B2Magna Exteriors Inc.
- Telescopic guide system for sliding steps15 Sep 2026US 12,734,968 B2Bode—Die TüR GmbH
- Technology for equipping a utility vehicle cab with an equipment module1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296324 A1Man Truck & Bus AG
- Recreational vehicle with door assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298014 A1Textron Inc.
- Trailer and stairs24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285233 A1Ccip Pty Ltd
- Step with weighing function, retractable step device and vehicle apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285235 A1T-Max (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.
- Rectracable step assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264615 A1B & W Custom Truck Beds, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Retractable vehicle step156US 5,228,707 ACarriage, Inc. · 1993
- Folding staircase154US 5,941,342 AAPC Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Selecting a cache for a request for information148US 6,701,415 B1America Online, Inc. · 2004
- Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate having a flip out step144US 6,918,624 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2005
- Automatic step for recreational vehicles135US 5,547,040 AHWH Corporation · 1996