B60N 2/002
Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon
Official title: {Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon (detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266)}
B60N2/002 (Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon) appears on 2,331 US grants and 2,709 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 2,331
- Published applications
- 2,709
- Assignees
- 671
- Inventors
- 4,560
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 42 | 26 |
| 2002 | 60 | 53 |
| 2003 | 48 | 60 |
| 2004 | 67 | 83 |
| 2005 | 51 | 85 |
| 2006 | 68 | 77 |
| 2007 | 56 | 74 |
| 2008 | 57 | 106 |
| 2009 | 48 | 76 |
| 2010 | 56 | 73 |
| 2011 | 62 | 65 |
| 2012 | 55 | 51 |
| 2013 | 59 | 71 |
| 2014 | 48 | 68 |
| 2015 | 69 | 80 |
| 2016 | 77 | 93 |
| 2017 | 91 | 136 |
| 2018 | 105 | 166 |
| 2019 | 139 | 194 |
| 2020 | 140 | 187 |
| 2021 | 130 | 193 |
| 2022 | 145 | 153 |
| 2023 | 134 | 179 |
| 2024 | 139 | 143 |
| 2025 | 151 | 132 |
| 2026 | 77 | 85 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device and method for controlling an integrated memory system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,725 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Determining and responding to an internal status of a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,550 B2Waymo LLC
- Method for adjusting an interior element of a vehicle, and emergency assistance system and vehicle having an emergency assistance system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,818 B2Cariad SE
- Method of controlling air-conditioning for occupants through seating detection29 Sep 2026US 12,746,854 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Occupant feature detection method and system, and computer readable medium22 Sep 2026US 12,742,675 B2Zf Asia Pacific Automotive Safety Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat and manufacturing method of vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307543 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Method for reducing kinetosis-related effects on an occupant on a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307549 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- State Detection and Cushion Response for Cushion Systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307568 A1Kalogon, Inc.
- Notification system and vehicle comprising notification system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296309 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Anti-misuse system, control system, child safety seat, anti-misuse control method and method for controlling child safety seat24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285199 A1Wonderland Switzerland AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic rearview mirror, vehicle lighting control and vehicle interior monitoring system using a photosensor array1,303US 5,877,897 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999
- Rain sensor with fog discrimination864US 6,353,392 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2002
- Rain sensor797US 6,313,454 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2001
- Interior rearview mirror system including a forward facing video device733US 6,806,452 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998