B62D 31/02
Superstructures for passenger vehicles: for carrying large numbers of passengers
Official title: for carrying large numbers of passengers, e.g. omnibus
B62D31/02 (Superstructures for passenger vehicles: for carrying large numbers of passengers) appears on 195 US grants and 180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 195
- Published applications
- 180
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 380
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2022 | 19 | 27 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Motor vehicle with at least one drive device and at least one cabin which can be arranged on the drive device, and method11 Aug 2026US 12,703,446 B2Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Stiffness improvement structure of vehicle16 Jun 2026US 12,654,786 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Positioning profiles for pultrusions in composite bus body27 Jan 2026US 12,533,859 B2TPI Corporation
- Retrofitted vehicle with improved passenger experience18 Nov 2025US 12,473,038 B2
- Retrofitted bus with improved passenger experience27 May 2025US 12,312,016 B2
- Formation of outer shell of caravan or rv30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116283 A1Desertmaster Intellecutal Property PTY Ltd.
- Roll cage kit for motor vehicles with a chassis and vehicle comprising the kit26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054677 A1Brigadier Motors, S.L.
- Extruded rail joints for sandwich panels in a vehicle22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021850 A1
- Bus For Transporting Passengers4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368277 A1Carrosserie Hess AG
- Assembly type vehicle2 Oct 2025US 2025/0304178 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Platforms for sustainable transportation76US 7,017,690 B2ITS Bus, Inc. · 2006
- Thin-skin ultralight recreational vehicle body system59US 7,000,978 B12006
- Transportation vehicle having doors with doorsills at different levels49US 5,669,307 A1997
- Multipurpose highway vehicle47US 5,577,793 A1996
- Method of manufacturing a vehicle body42US 5,098,007 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1992