B60N 2/20
The back-rest being tiltable
Official title: the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence)
B60N2/20 (The back-rest being tiltable) appears on 1,475 US grants and 1,479 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 1,475
- Published applications
- 1,479
- Assignees
- 392
- Inventors
- 3,022
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 8 |
| 2002 | 32 | 28 |
| 2003 | 28 | 30 |
| 2004 | 36 | 48 |
| 2005 | 23 | 35 |
| 2006 | 39 | 40 |
| 2007 | 25 | 47 |
| 2008 | 31 | 35 |
| 2009 | 29 | 46 |
| 2010 | 43 | 50 |
| 2011 | 35 | 37 |
| 2012 | 28 | 38 |
| 2013 | 28 | 38 |
| 2014 | 26 | 50 |
| 2015 | 68 | 61 |
| 2016 | 57 | 67 |
| 2017 | 64 | 96 |
| 2018 | 93 | 124 |
| 2019 | 119 | 118 |
| 2020 | 107 | 102 |
| 2021 | 91 | 80 |
| 2022 | 65 | 77 |
| 2023 | 61 | 63 |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 |
| 2025 | 61 | 58 |
| 2026 | 41 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cabin structure of vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,615 B2Mazda Motor Corporation
- Apparatus for quickly rotating an assembly of a vehicle seat29 Sep 2026US 12,746,859 B2Brose Sitech Sp. Z O. O
- Vehicle seat29 Sep 2026US 12,746,861 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle having a controlled foldable seat15 Sep 2026US 12,734,938 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle seat and a method for operating a vehicle seat8 Sep 2026US 12,728,770 B2Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd.
- Transportation seat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296280 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Control system and method for vehicle trunk24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285202 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Clip For Vehicle Seat Cable Assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285204 A1Fisher & Company, Incorporated
- Vehicle seat24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285212 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Seat for a vehicle with filling of the space between backrest and seat cushion17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274118 A1Ferrari S.P. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle seat133US 6,550,856 B1Lear Corporation · 2003
- Vehicular seat assembly having a cam driven self positioning head restraint119US 6,860,564 B2Intier Automotive Inc. · 2005
- Vehicle adjustable and stowable rear seat115US 5,570,931 AChrysler Corporation · 1996
- Seating system and a passenger accommodation unit for a vehicle104US 7,523,888 B2Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · 2009
- Sport bucket seat, for a motor vehicle, especially a passenger vehicle104US 7,753,451 B2Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft · 2010