B62D 21/157
For side impacts
Official title: {for side impacts}
B62D21/157 (For side impacts) appears on 804 US grants and 983 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 804
- Published applications
- 983
- Assignees
- 171
- Inventors
- 1,824
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 9 | 5 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 | 16 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 12 | 15 |
| 2008 | 8 | 14 |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 |
| 2010 | 12 | 19 |
| 2011 | 16 | 19 |
| 2012 | 19 | 12 |
| 2013 | 13 | 18 |
| 2014 | 17 | 20 |
| 2015 | 29 | 29 |
| 2016 | 22 | 45 |
| 2017 | 45 | 58 |
| 2018 | 54 | 66 |
| 2019 | 65 | 68 |
| 2020 | 55 | 60 |
| 2021 | 63 | 66 |
| 2022 | 58 | 83 |
| 2023 | 49 | 74 |
| 2024 | 48 | 87 |
| 2025 | 66 | 99 |
| 2026 | 62 | 71 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Side impact reinforcement73US 6,519,854 B2Sika Corporation · 2003
- Method and apparatus to reduce side impact forces64US 5,915,775 AChrysler Corporation · 1999
- Automotive floor structure63US 8,939,246 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2015
- Body structure for motor vehicle56US 5,671,968 AFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Understructure for a vehicle55US 9,061,712 B2ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG · 2015