B60N 2/0256
Arrangements for facilitating the occupant to get in or out of the
Official title: {Arrangements for facilitating the occupant to get in or out of the vehicle, e.g. stowing a seat forward}
B60N2/0256 (Arrangements for facilitating the occupant to get in or out of the) appears on 94 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 117
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 334
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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 for controlling walk-in operation of vehicle seat1 Sep 2026US 12,722,533 B2Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Folding automotive seat26 May 2026US 12,636,977 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Methods, systems, and devices for automated ingress and egress for passengers of a vehicle21 Apr 2026US 12,606,059 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Entry and egress system for a vehicle17 Mar 2026US 12,576,753 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Vehicle interior component control system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296271 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Gate for a vehcile25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175657 A1Nissan North America, Inc.
- Seat adjustment apparatus of vehicle and vehicle including the same7 May 2026US 2026/0124966 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Automated Vehicle Seats16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103119 A1Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Nesting second row seat16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103120 A1Fca US LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Manipulable seat bolster utilizing active material actuation63US 7,909,403 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2011
- Rotary seat for vehicle41US 4,802,706 ANippon Soken, Inc. · 1989
- Pivoting seat cushion arrangement for vehicle seat assemblies41US 5,474,353 AHoover Universal, Inc. · 1995
- Vehicle seat drive control device33US 4,812,838 ANippon Soken, Inc. · 1989
- Vehicle seats25US 8,033,605 B2Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha · 2011