B62D 25/04
Door pillars
Official title: Door pillars {; windshield pillars}
B62D25/04 (Door pillars) appears on 1,578 US grants and 1,693 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 1,578
- Published applications
- 1,693
- Assignees
- 293
- Inventors
- 3,052
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 10 |
| 2002 | 22 | 19 |
| 2003 | 18 | 15 |
| 2004 | 18 | 21 |
| 2005 | 14 | 23 |
| 2006 | 23 | 22 |
| 2007 | 11 | 23 |
| 2008 | 8 | 30 |
| 2009 | 20 | 21 |
| 2010 | 23 | 36 |
| 2011 | 19 | 36 |
| 2012 | 25 | 36 |
| 2013 | 35 | 44 |
| 2014 | 52 | 67 |
| 2015 | 69 | 75 |
| 2016 | 72 | 100 |
| 2017 | 96 | 121 |
| 2018 | 96 | 107 |
| 2019 | 107 | 156 |
| 2020 | 128 | 130 |
| 2021 | 126 | 124 |
| 2022 | 146 | 117 |
| 2023 | 95 | 112 |
| 2024 | 74 | 107 |
| 2025 | 90 | 91 |
| 2026 | 72 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Structural reinforcement system for automotive vehicles197US 6,467,834 B1L&L Products, Inc. · 2002
- Automotive pillar reinforcement system137US 6,419,305 B1L&L Products, Inc. · 2002
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- Heat activated reinforcing sleeve128US 6,482,486 B1L&L Products, Inc. · 2002
- A-pillar structure for an automotive vehicle124US 7,344,186 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2008