A44B 11/2561
Tongue elements
Official title: {Tongue elements}
A44B11/2561 (Tongue elements) appears on 187 US grants and 156 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 187
- Published applications
- 156
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 367
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
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| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
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| 2014 | 11 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 25 | 16 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
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| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Crash locking tongue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,649 B1Autoliv ASP, Inc.
- Seatbelt assembly11 Aug 2026US 12,703,321 B1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Lockbar for a crash locking tongue and a method of assembly thereof31 Mar 2026US 12,589,711 B1Autoliv ASP, Inc.
- Multi-point buckle2 Sep 2025US 12,402,697 B2Taiwan Racing Products Co., Ltd.
- Tongue assembly12 Aug 2025US 12,384,324 B2Apv Corporation Pty Ltd
- Belt tongue, manufacturing method, and seat belt system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232084 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Locking tongue9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191302 A1
- Multi-point buckle24 Jul 2025US 2025/0234965 A1Taiwan Racing Products Co., Ltd.
- Seat belt tongue and seat belt device14 Nov 2024US 2024/0373988 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Seatbelt device and detection method27 Jun 2024US 2024/0208456 A1Autoliv Development AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Belt buckle with interactive dual tongues61US 5,283,933 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1994
- Free falling cinch tongue59US 5,058,244 ATRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. · 1991
- Anti-creep cam bar51US 4,876,770 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1989
- Tongue assembly49US 5,806,148 ATRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. · 1998
- Dual tongue buckle with independent latching49US 5,813,097 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1998