B60N 2/18
The front or the rear portion of the seat being adjustable
Official title: the front or the rear portion of the seat being adjustable, e.g. independently of each other
B60N2/18 (The front or the rear portion of the seat being adjustable) appears on 485 US grants and 426 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 485
- Published applications
- 426
- Assignees
- 221
- Inventors
- 1,135
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 12 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10 |
| 2008 | 5 | 16 |
| 2009 | 13 | 12 |
| 2010 | 10 | 22 |
| 2011 | 7 | 11 |
| 2012 | 10 | 18 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 |
| 2014 | 12 | 16 |
| 2015 | 17 | 24 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10 |
| 2017 | 26 | 16 |
| 2018 | 11 | 20 |
| 2019 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020 | 23 | 39 |
| 2021 | 23 | 21 |
| 2022 | 30 | 20 |
| 2023 | 16 | 24 |
| 2024 | 15 | 33 |
| 2025 | 32 | 20 |
| 2026 | 14 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60N 2/1807Characterised by the cinematic340
- B60N 2/185Characterised by the drive mechanism241
- B60N 2/1803With independent front and/or rear adjustment139
- B60N 2/1892Characterised by a lock77
- B60N 2/1896Stepwise movement mechanisms59
- B60N 2/1885With weight compensating means38
- B60N 2/1889And provided with braking systems14
Recent patents
- Occupant support6 Oct 2026US 12,752,677 B2Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
- Adjustment system and method for rough and precise adjustment29 Sep 2026US 12,746,855 B2Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
- Seat tilt adjustment mechanism and zero-gravity vehicle seat25 Aug 2026US 12,715,342 B2Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat, in particular for an autonomously driven motor vehicle25 Aug 2026US 12,715,344 B2Adient US LLC
- Modular seating assembly for a vehicle18 Aug 2026US 12,709,199 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Actuator for a vehicle seat, in particular for a squab-raising mechanism of a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307545 A1
- Vehicle seat3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257592 A1Adient US LLC
- Powered pinion zero gravity drive mechanism27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249746 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle seat, especially for an autonomously driving motor vehicle27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249750 A1
- Vehicle seat13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233653 A1Adient US LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Two platform motion seat118US 5,913,568 A1999
- Motor vehicle seat106US 5,120,109 ASicam S.R.L. · 1992
- Motor vehicle seat88US 6,082,817 AINOVA GmbH Technische Entwicklungen · 2000
- Seat for vehicles87US 4,720,141 ATachikawa Spring Co., Ltd. · 1988
- Motor vehicle seat with a back rest and a seat83US 5,979,985 AC. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KG · 1999