B62D 33/023
Sideboard or tailgate structures
Official title: Sideboard or tailgate structures {(vehicle side panels in general B62D25/02)}
B62D33/023 (Sideboard or tailgate structures) appears on 1,607 US grants and 1,463 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 1,607
- Published applications
- 1,463
- Assignees
- 415
- Inventors
- 2,630
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 28 | 6 |
| 2002 | 29 | 29 |
| 2003 | 32 | 27 |
| 2004 | 44 | 36 |
| 2005 | 38 | 47 |
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| 2007 | 48 | 43 |
| 2008 | 29 | 56 |
| 2009 | 42 | 35 |
| 2010 | 21 | 26 |
| 2011 | 32 | 44 |
| 2012 | 36 | 17 |
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| 2017 | 68 | 64 |
| 2018 | 98 | 104 |
| 2019 | 84 | 88 |
| 2020 | 92 | 96 |
| 2021 | 72 | 104 |
| 2022 | 111 | 114 |
| 2023 | 95 | 99 |
| 2024 | 90 | 94 |
| 2025 | 63 | 80 |
| 2026 | 56 | 70 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Utility vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,864 B2Polaris Industries Inc.
- Multipurpose vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,865 B2Kubota Corporation
- Powered vehicle tailgate assembly having a door29 Sep 2026US 12,746,982 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Tailgate cable tensioner22 Sep 2026US 12,741,699 B2Fca US LLC
- Reinforcement structure of deck for vehicle15 Sep 2026US 12,735,119 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307559 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Reconfigurable vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307578 A1
- Temporary barrier for flatbed trucks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307740 A1
- Control of split-door tailgate assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296569 A1Aisin Corporation
- Pickup truck tailgate latch1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296570 A1BAE Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate having a flip out step144US 6,918,624 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2005
- Vehicle tailgate extension assembly141US 4,531,773 A1985
- Multiple configuration tailgate extender134US 5,468,038 A1995
- Combination step and cargo space extender134US 5,788,311 A1998
- Tailgate attachment for extending the cargo space of vehicles128US 4,472,639 A1984