B60N 2/0278
Using sensors external to the seat for measurements in relation to the
Official title: {using sensors external to the seat for measurements in relation to the seat adjustment, e.g. for identifying the presence of obstacles or the appropriateness of the occupants position}
B60N2/0278 (Using sensors external to the seat for measurements in relation to the) appears on 284 US grants and 383 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 284
- Published applications
- 383
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 16 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method of controlling position of seat for vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,856 B2Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Seat device for vehicle and control method thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,728,773 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Anti-submarining seat system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,535 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Contracting member position control and/or state monitoring1 Sep 2026US 12,722,536 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Automatic driver seat adjustment in a vehicle based on seat position imaging1 Sep 2026US 12,722,537 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Control system and method for vehicle trunk24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285202 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicles including split-bus architectures3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259945 A1AutoConnect Holdings LLC
- Monitoring System for a Vehicle Cabin27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249863 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- System and method for automatically adjusting a seat assembly for a work vehicle based on terrain features20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241836 A1Deere & Company
- Use of road preview to dynamically adjust a seat feature for occupant comfort during cornering13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233640 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicular component control systems and methods554US 6,442,465 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Asset system control arrangement and method407US 7,663,502 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2010
- Fingerprint actuation of customized vehicle features364US 6,100,811 ATRW Inc. · 2000
- Automatic communication of damage and health in detected vehicle incidents270US 9,317,983 B2AutoConnect Holdings LLC · 2016