B60N 2/242
Bus seats
Official title: {Bus seats}
B60N2/242 (Bus seats) appears on 298 US grants and 238 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 298
- Published applications
- 238
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 574
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 | 16 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11 |
| 2016 | 7 | 15 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7 |
| 2019 | 12 | 16 |
| 2020 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021 | 11 | 20 |
| 2022 | 21 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Single-baseboard vehicle4 Aug 2026US 12,698,013 B2
- Seat and seat back for multi-passenger vehicle26 May 2026US 12,636,985 B2Reiss International, Ltd.
- Vehicle seat for accommodating a wheelchair12 May 2026US 12,623,574 B2Priestman Goode Limited
- Seat mounting clip system5 May 2026US 12,616,304 B2Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Vehicle passenger seat assembly14 Apr 2026US 12,600,480 B2MHI RJ Aviation ULC
- Modular seat assembly for a passenger vehicle, and passenger vehicle comprising such modular seat assembly28 May 2026US 2026/0145586 A1ALSTOM Holdings
- Lightweight seat for high-density configuration and cluster of adjacent seat for high-density configurations7 May 2026US 2026/0123756 A1Inmuebles Molí, Sl
- Backrest for a passenger seat8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008392 A1Franz Kiel GmbH
- Seat/chair structure for a collective transport vehicle27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360846 A1Anvecso Design S.L.
- Vehical passenger sensing and reporting system2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303999 A1Freedman Seating Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Body support system243US 6,598,251 B2HON Technology Inc. · 2003
- Vehicle seat assembly77US 4,088,367 ARohr Industries, Inc. · 1978
- Seat assembly for mass transit vehicle77US 5,655,816 AAmerican Seating Company · 1997
- Seat with recline linkage74US 5,636,898 ABurns Aerospace Corporation · 1997
- Seating unit71US 7,178,871 B1British Airways PLC · 2007