4 auto, bikes & mobility patents lapsed this week
Selected from 3,667 patents the USPTO recorded as expired for unpaid fees, ranked by opportunity score. The summaries and most of each score are generated by AI.
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1
Omnidirectional pinion wheel for sideways and vertical travel
A wheel formed from two concentric rims with an annular ring of rollers mounted on one rim so rollers provide an axis of freedom that allows lateral (sideways) motion in addition to...
78score / 100 -
2
Cargo-bed side/top rotating extender with angled shoulder
A two-part covering that mounts to the top edge of a pickup cargo-bed side or tailgate and has a rotatable second portion that swings between a closed orientation (faces toward the first...
72score / 100 -
3
Vehicle camera lens with a lower-pin water removal feature
A vehicle exterior camera whose outermost lens surface includes a water-removal element at the lower region. The element is a structure (for example a pin) located below the lens center...
72score / 100 -
4
Portable locking bar for a cockpit-passenger door
A removable, single-piece locking mechanism that clamps into a recessed (indented) area on the door and against a second surface to hold a door between a passenger section and a control...
62score / 100
