B60N 2/42
The seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal
Official title: the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats (for protecting children B60N2/26; arm-rests B60N2/75; head-rests B60N2/888)
B60N2/42 (The seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal) appears on 2,420 US grants and 2,293 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 2,420
- Published applications
- 2,293
- Assignees
- 629
- Inventors
- 4,128
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 16 |
| 2002 | 44 | 47 |
| 2003 | 57 | 38 |
| 2004 | 48 | 58 |
| 2005 | 33 | 70 |
| 2006 | 50 | 64 |
| 2007 | 39 | 75 |
| 2008 | 46 | 57 |
| 2009 | 51 | 88 |
| 2010 | 69 | 112 |
| 2011 | 75 | 99 |
| 2012 | 80 | 96 |
| 2013 | 86 | 119 |
| 2014 | 101 | 95 |
| 2015 | 119 | 131 |
| 2016 | 134 | 113 |
| 2017 | 113 | 95 |
| 2018 | 108 | 105 |
| 2019 | 119 | 123 |
| 2020 | 129 | 153 |
| 2021 | 117 | 105 |
| 2022 | 105 | 94 |
| 2023 | 102 | 108 |
| 2024 | 96 | 97 |
| 2025 | 72 | 79 |
| 2026 | 55 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Deployable seat frame brace6 Oct 2026US 12,752,681 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Apparatus for quickly rotating an assembly of a vehicle seat29 Sep 2026US 12,746,859 B2Brose Sitech Sp. Z O. O
- Vehicle seat having a tuned mass damper15 Sep 2026US 12,734,944 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Side impact safety protection device, child safety seat and base8 Sep 2026US 12,728,775 B2Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Seat frame8 Sep 2026US 12,728,778 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seating assembly having inboard bolster portions with different hardness8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307563 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle seat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296274 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Seat Bench for a Vehicle, and Vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296275 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Vehicle seat restraint control module discovery on a communication bus and control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285209 A1Veoneer US Safety Systems, LLC
- Vehicle seat24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285212 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle impact responsive multiple bladder seating and headrest system and method172US 6,203,105 B1McCord Winn Textron Inc. · 2001
- Automatic vehicle seat adjuster170US 5,822,707 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicle seat158US 6,019,420 ADaimlerChrysler AG · 2000
- Internal safety systems for robotic vehicles131US 9,517,767 B1Zoox, Inc. · 2016
- Energy absorbing support for vehicular passengers124US 5,769,489 A1998