B62D 43/02
External to the vehicle body
Official title: external to the vehicle body
B62D43/02 (External to the vehicle body) appears on 426 US grants and 273 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62D- Granted patents
- 426
- Published applications
- 273
- Assignees
- 151
- Inventors
- 775
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 8 |
| 2003 | 10 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 9 | 15 |
| 2006 | 8 | 18 |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 11 | 6 |
| 2015 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9 |
| 2019 | 18 | 25 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 |
| 2025 | 11 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Power transfer enabled winch system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,737 B2
- Bed mounted tire carrier with compliance8 Sep 2026US 12,728,936 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Wheel carrier14 Jul 2026US 12,679,480 B2
- Tire hoist apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,649,531 B2
- Vehicle door2 Jun 2026US 12,643,379 B2Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Adjustable storage assemblies and vehicles having the same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257738 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Power transfer enabled winch system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241810 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Adjustable tire rack28 May 2026US 2026/0145620 A1Outlier Campers LLC
- Vehicle spare wheel and tire assembly with battery14 May 2026US 2026/0131646 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Spare tire anti-theft device, and vehicle including same30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116480 A1Nissan North America, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Side-by-side vehicle117US 9,776,481 B2Polaris Industries Inc. · 2017
- Sports equipment rack for vehicle83US 5,094,373 A1992
- Grill and brush guard and utility rack for a vehicle71US 4,099,760 A1978
- Roof rack in particular for cross country vehicles, ambulances and the like61US 4,350,471 ABinz GmbH & Co. · 1982
- Bumper mounted spare wheel carrier61US 4,817,834 A1989