B62D 21/18
Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted
Official title: characterised by the vehicle type and not provided for in groups B62D21/02 - B62D21/17
B62D21/18 (Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted) appears on 1,237 US grants and 1,144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 1,237
- Published applications
- 1,144
- Assignees
- 489
- Inventors
- 2,170
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15 |
| 2003 | 13 | 11 |
| 2004 | 10 | 12 |
| 2005 | 13 | 17 |
| 2006 | 9 | 31 |
| 2007 | 12 | 21 |
| 2008 | 12 | 10 |
| 2009 | 11 | 29 |
| 2010 | 29 | 28 |
| 2011 | 21 | 32 |
| 2012 | 28 | 27 |
| 2013 | 27 | 33 |
| 2014 | 29 | 43 |
| 2015 | 39 | 40 |
| 2016 | 39 | 58 |
| 2017 | 60 | 68 |
| 2018 | 58 | 75 |
| 2019 | 69 | 101 |
| 2020 | 102 | 98 |
| 2021 | 88 | 98 |
| 2022 | 70 | 84 |
| 2023 | 68 | 70 |
| 2024 | 91 | 57 |
| 2025 | 70 | 50 |
| 2026 | 47 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Military vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,728,825 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC
- Off-highway recreational vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287054 A1Textron Innovations Inc.
- Front arrangement for vehicle and associated vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274341 A1Flexis
- Apparatus for removing a coating from an external surface of penstock, system and method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264117 A1K. A. Cooper Pty Ltd
- Utility vehicle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242009 A1
- Off-road vehicle including metal deflector plates13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233785 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Military vehicle259US 9,045,014 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2015
- Four-wheeled buggy248US 5,327,989 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994
- Military vehicle211US 9,656,640 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2017
- Side-by-side ATV157US 7,819,220 B2Polaris Industries Inc. · 2010
- Four wheel vehicle142US 5,251,713 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993