A44B 11/2569
Safety measures
Official title: {Safety measures (buckles for releasing in a vehicle emergency B60R22/32; control, alarm, or interlock systems for the correct application of safety belt buckles in vehicles B60R22/48)}
A44B11/2569 (Safety measures) appears on 193 US grants and 189 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 193
- Published applications
- 189
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 351
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Stored energy release triggered by piezoelectric element22 Sep 2026US 12,744,476 B2Mission Systems Davenport Inc.
- Crash locking tongue8 Sep 2026US 12,727,649 B1Autoliv ASP, Inc.
- Buckle16 Dec 2025US 12,496,998 B2Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Seat belt buckle unit2 Dec 2025US 12,485,847 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Replaceable belt buckle decorative cover21 Oct 2025US 12,446,666 B2Textron Innovations Inc.
- A buckle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294049 A1Point Blank Enterprises, Inc.
- Stored energy release triggered by piezoelectric element8 Jan 2026US 2026/0012108 A1Mission Systems Davenport Inc.
- Child seat belt safety cover9 Oct 2025US 2025/0311818 A1
- Multi-point buckle24 Jul 2025US 2025/0234965 A1Taiwan Racing Products Co., Ltd.
- Airbag actuator mounted in a custom buckle for personal impact protection systems3 Apr 2025US 2025/0107581 A1Active Protective Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Safety lock for seat belt buckle64US 4,674,303 AP. J. Salcone's Inc. · 1987
- Chest harness for use in a child restraint system59US 5,380,067 ATRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. · 1995
- Seat belt buckle guard57US 4,731,912 AAshlar Products, Incorporated · 1988
- Child safety seatbelt securement device55US 4,624,033 A1986
- Safety guard for seat belt buckle release49US 6,769,157 B12004