B60N 2/0231
Concealed interfaces
Official title: {concealed interfaces, e.g. hidden below seat cover}
B60N2/0231 (Concealed interfaces) appears on 15 US grants and 18 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 15
- Published applications
- 18
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 51
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Article with shapeshifting surface5 May 2026US 12,617,317 B1International Automotive Components Group NA, Inc.
- Vehicle seat positioning system16 Dec 2025US 12,496,936 B2Sears Manufacturing Company
- Vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame, a drive unit provided on the vehicle body frame and movable on a floor surface, a seat disposed above the vehicle body frame9 Dec 2025US 12,491,801 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- In-vehicle operation button installation structure20 May 2025US 12,308,184 B2Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Seat system that changes the threshould of the pressure load based on the pressure load to the sensor with output by touch operation of sensors11 Mar 2025US 12,246,622 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for lumbar support in a seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307564 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Vehicle Seat Positioning System19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077687 A1Sears Manufacturing Company
- Seat Body for a Seat Element of a Motor Vehicle, Seat Element With a Seat Body and a Switch Device and Motor Vehicle With a Seat Element of This Type30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033532 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Passenger control unit system5 Sep 2024US 2024/0294258 A1Avic Cabin System Co., Limited (Hong Kong)
- Vehicle Seat Positioning System22 Aug 2024US 2024/0278692 A1Sears Manufacturing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pneumatically controlled seat for vehicle193US 4,655,505 ANHK Spring Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Seat control unit for adjusting a vehicle seat and vehicle seat configuration30US 7,432,459 B2Audi AG · 2008
- Switch apparatus for automobile14US 5,442,149 AToyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Work vehicle3US 11,613,191 B2Komatsu Ltd. · 2023
- Cover material, in particular seat cover material, and vehicle interior arrangement, in particular a seat assembly1US 10,266,083 B2Faurecia Autositze GmbH · 2019