B60N 2/164
Linear actuator
Official title: {Linear actuator, e.g. screw mechanism}
B60N2/164 (Linear actuator) appears on 116 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 330
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Contracting member position control and/or state monitoring1 Sep 2026US 12,722,536 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus for tilting seat cushion of rear seat of vehicle9 Jun 2026US 12,649,395 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Adjustment device and vehicle seat with adjustment device7 Apr 2026US 12,594,861 B2Adient US LLC
- Adjustable creeper10 Mar 2026US 12,570,187 B2T&L Design, LLC
- Height adjustment device and swivel device for vehicle seat24 Feb 2026US 12,559,000 B2Das Co., Ltd
- Adjustable creeper2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184237 A1T&L Design, LLC Dba Aerocreeper
- Zero-gravity seat with height-adjustable cushion23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109274 A1Adient (Chongquing) Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat having integrated weight detection16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103118 A1Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
- Apparatus for moving seat rail for vehicle2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091709 A1Hyundai Transys Inc.
- Car seat for road cars2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091711 A1Ferrari S.P. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Seat adjuster assembly92US 7,971,937 B2Johnson Electric S. A. · 2011
- Horizontal seat position adjuster48US 5,349,878 ARockwell International Corporation · 1994
- Device for damping an upper suspension part in at least one spatial direction with respect to a lower suspension part movable relative thereto40US 9,809,136 B2Grammer AG · 2017
- Restraint for a vehicle seat and seat belt39US 3,957,304 ASears Manufacturing Company · 1976
- Horizontal seat position adjuster39US 5,222,402 ARockwell International Corporation · 1993