B60N 2/00
Seats specially adapted for vehicles
Official title: Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles (railway seats B61D33/00; cycle seats B62J1/00; aircraft seats B64D11/06, B64D25/04, B64D25/10)
B60N2/00 (Seats specially adapted for vehicles) appears on 26,131 US grants and 25,581 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 26,131
- Published applications
- 25,581
- Assignees
- 4,305
- Inventors
- 35,275
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 93 | 0 |
| 1977 | 94 | 0 |
| 1978 | 101 | 0 |
| 1979 | 74 | 0 |
| 1980 | 112 | 0 |
| 1981 | 91 | 0 |
| 1982 | 80 | 0 |
| 1983 | 86 | 0 |
| 1984 | 136 | 0 |
| 1985 | 124 | 0 |
| 1986 | 163 | 0 |
| 1987 | 242 | 0 |
| 1988 | 211 | 0 |
| 1989 | 247 | 0 |
| 1990 | 208 | 0 |
| 1991 | 193 | 0 |
| 1992 | 220 | 0 |
| 1993 | 193 | 0 |
| 1994 | 257 | 0 |
| 1995 | 206 | 0 |
| 1996 | 306 | 0 |
| 1997 | 301 | 0 |
| 1998 | 430 | 0 |
| 1999 | 424 | 0 |
| 2000 | 465 | 0 |
| 2001 | 463 | 157 |
| 2002 | 488 | 499 |
| 2003 | 552 | 569 |
| 2004 | 547 | 714 |
| 2005 | 407 | 783 |
| 2006 | 554 | 765 |
| 2007 | 483 | 810 |
| 2008 | 529 | 835 |
| 2009 | 522 | 855 |
| 2010 | 651 | 938 |
| 2011 | 640 | 851 |
| 2012 | 682 | 872 |
| 2013 | 720 | 901 |
| 2014 | 778 | 988 |
| 2015 | 1029 | 1096 |
| 2016 | 959 | 1087 |
| 2017 | 1011 | 1271 |
| 2018 | 1073 | 1471 |
| 2019 | 1461 | 1511 |
| 2020 | 1356 | 1501 |
| 2021 | 1182 | 1244 |
| 2022 | 1134 | 1268 |
| 2023 | 1025 | 1179 |
| 2024 | 1068 | 1272 |
| 2025 | 1002 | 1201 |
| 2026 | 758 | 943 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60N 2/02The seat or part thereof being movable10,287
- B60N 2/24Seats specially adapted for vehicles: for particular purposes or particular vehicles9,377
- B60N 2/90Details or parts not otherwise provided for3,403
- B60N 2/80Head-rests3,084
- B60N 2/68Seat frames2,581
- B60N 2/002Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon2,331
- B60N 2/58Seat coverings2,117
- B60N 2/005Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles2,032
Recent patents
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- Longitudinal seat-adjustment device and vehicle seat6 Oct 2026US 12,752,670 B2Adient US LLC
- Sliding device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,671 B2Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat and manufacturing method of vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307543 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Under structure of vehicle body8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307544 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Actuator for a vehicle seat, in particular for a squab-raising mechanism of a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307545 A1
- Actuator for a vehicle seat, in particular for a squab-raising mechanism of a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307546 A1
- Vehicle seat vibration suppression device and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307547 A1Dongguk University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
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By later US patents
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