B60N 2/026
Varying hardness or support of upholstery
Official title: {varying hardness or support of upholstery, e.g. for tuning seat comfort when driving curved roads}
B60N2/026 (Varying hardness or support of upholstery) appears on 155 US grants and 204 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 155
- Published applications
- 204
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 437
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 11 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019 | 16 | 23 |
| 2020 | 9 | 20 |
| 2021 | 16 | 13 |
| 2022 | 15 | 13 |
| 2023 | 14 | 21 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 13 | 19 |
| 2026 | 10 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Active vehicle seat with spring-supported morphing portions22 Sep 2026US 12,741,572 B2Miga Technologies, LLC
- Seat element18 Aug 2026US 12,709,206 B2
- Systems and methods for adjusting a seat pan for a ride vehicle seat11 Aug 2026US 12,703,284 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Conveyance seat21 Jul 2026US 12,686,313 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Automatic seat inclination adjustment (SNV) for vehicle seats9 Jun 2026US 12,649,399 B2Grammer AG
- Conveyance seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307569 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Seat, vehicle, and seat status control method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241845 A1Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Method for reducing or avoiding kinetosis13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233569 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Use of road preview to dynamically adjust a seat feature for occupant comfort during cornering13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233640 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Body supporting system with adjustable firmness and related method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224042 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pneumatically controlled seat for vehicle193US 4,655,505 ANHK Spring Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Air support adjusting apparatus for seat of vehicle90US 4,833,614 AIkeda Bussan Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Automatic adjustable seat83US 5,129,704 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Acceleration compensating vehicular seat assembly75US 5,707,109 ALear Corporation · 1998
- Conformable seat71US 4,858,992 A1989