B60N 2/181
Rods
Official title: {Rods}
B60N2/181 (Rods) appears on 166 US grants and 145 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 145
- Assignees
- 117
- Inventors
- 449
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 13 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Seat tilt adjustment mechanism and zero-gravity vehicle seat25 Aug 2026US 12,715,342 B2Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
- Adjustment system for a vehicle seat11 Aug 2026US 12,703,278 B2Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
- Low chuck compliant pivot joint26 May 2026US 12,636,987 B2Magna Seating Inc.
- Vehicle seat16 Dec 2025US 12,496,939 B2Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
- Lower leg support device for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat9 Dec 2025US 12,491,809 B2Adient US 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 seat with a back rest and a seat83US 5,979,985 AC. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KG · 1999
- Two platform motion seat77US 6,357,827 B1Dual Seat Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Vehicle seat assembly69US 4,616,874 AGebr. Isringhausen · 1986