B60N 2/045
Longitudinal adjustment by means of articulated rods supporting the seat
Official title: {Longitudinal adjustment by means of articulated rods supporting the seat, e.g. parallelogram mechanisms (B60N2/38 takes precedence)}
B60N2/045 (Longitudinal adjustment by means of articulated rods supporting the seat) appears on 108 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 108
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 245
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multi-pivot angled vehicle seat kinematics2 Jun 2026US 12,643,437 B2Atieva, Inc.
- Rear seat for vehicle23 Dec 2025US 12,503,014 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Foldable vehicle seat16 Sep 2025US 12,415,447 B2FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
- Seat assembly with override condition11 Feb 2025US 12,221,016 B2Magna Seating Inc.
- Vehicle seat1 Oct 2024US 12,103,441 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Oscillating framework for a vehicle seat, in particular an oscillating seat and/or utility vehicle seat, and a vehicle seat of this type17 Jul 2025US 2025/0229674 A1Adient US LLC
- Vehicle seat assembly comprising a latching device6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074260 A1
- Vehicle seat and method for using the seat6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074265 A1
- Multi-pivot angled vehicle seat kinematics16 May 2024US 2024/0157856 A1Atieva, Inc.
- Aircraft bulkhead-mounted pilot seat with horizontal and vertical adjustment14 Mar 2024US 2024/0083583 A1AMI Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for control of a vehicle140US 8,170,780 B2Segway Inc. · 2012
- Apparatus and method for control of a vehicle126US 8,467,941 B2Segway Inc. · 2013
- Seat tilt mechanism53US 4,884,843 AChrysler Motors Corporation · 1989
- Adjusting device for a vehicle seat53US 7,140,682 B2Johnson Controls Technology Company · 2006
- Seat for vehicles, particularly motor cars52US 5,145,232 AFiat Auto S.p.A. · 1992