B60N 2/268
Detecting or alerting means responsive to the installation of the child seats
Official title: {detecting or alerting means responsive to the installation of the child seats in the vehicle}
B60N2/268 (Detecting or alerting means responsive to the installation of the child seats) appears on 179 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 179
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 414
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 9 | 3 |
| 2008 | 9 | 16 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 | 11 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 8 | 13 |
| 2024 | 14 | 16 |
| 2025 | 14 | 20 |
| 2026 | 4 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Determining and responding to an internal status of a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,550 B2Waymo LLC
- Child safety seat and safety belt mounting prompt system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,715,347 B2Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Methods and systems for automated machine vision monitoring of vehicle seats9 Jun 2026US 12,651,430 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Car seat with obstructing element28 Apr 2026US 12,611,971 B2BabyArk LTD
- Methods and systems for automated vehicle seat replacement11 Nov 2025US 12,469,279 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Car seat arm lock indicator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307554 A1Evenflo Company, Inc.
- Method of thermally conditioning a child safety seat installed in a vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274037 A1Gentherm Incorporated
- Supporting leg assembly, supporting leg telescopic mechanism and carrier17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274123 A1Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Child seat illumination system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240329 A1Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Seat base for a child restraint13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233645 A1Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicular restraint system control system and method using multiple optical imagers405US 7,164,117 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2007
- System and method for detecting objects in vehicular compartments103US 7,477,758 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2009
- Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a child seat97US 5,901,978 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1999
- Method and installation for detecting certain parameters concerning an auxiliary child seat with a view to controlling the operation of the airbags of a vehicle90US 5,618,056 AI.E.E. International Electronics & Engineering S.a.r.l. · 1997
- Protecting children and passengers with respect to a vehicle88US 8,044,782 B22011