E05D 3/145
Specially adapted for vehicles
Official title: {specially adapted for vehicles}
E05D3/145 (Specially adapted for vehicles) appears on 132 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05D- Granted patents
- 132
- Published applications
- 115
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 337
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle door systems and method16 Jun 2026US 12,655,665 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Method of controlling vehicle tailgate apparatus16 Jun 2026US 12,655,674 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Extended swing closure member systems for motor vehicles9 Jun 2026US 12,650,046 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Plug cover flap hinge for a plug connector and connector assembly comprising such a hinge14 Apr 2026US 12,600,250 B2TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
- Front flap hinge for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle comprising a front flap hinge of this type11 Nov 2025US 12,466,353 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Active pedestrian hood hinge with powered actuator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296360 A1Magna Closures Inc.
- Vehicle door systems and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297999 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Method of controlling vehicle tailgate apparatus12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043290 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Hinge assembly for a vehicle22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022600 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Vehicular lid open/close device2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305334 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle independent rear access panel with four bar hinge67US 6,382,705 B1General Motors Corporation · 2002
- Motor vehicle double pivot hinge51US 5,685,046 AChrysler Corporation · 1997
- Vehicle hood with hinge43US 5,339,494 ADeere & Company · 1994
- Multiposition hood hinge mechanism42US 4,382,312 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1983
- Vehicle multi-link hinge flush positioning arrangement42US 5,557,829 AChrysler Corporation · 1996