B60N 2/4221
Due to impact coming from the front
Official title: {due to impact coming from the front}
B60N2/4221 (Due to impact coming from the front) appears on 468 US grants and 337 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 468
- Published applications
- 337
- Assignees
- 190
- Inventors
- 901
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 11 |
| 2002 | 18 | 24 |
| 2003 | 23 | 8 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11 |
| 2005 | 11 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008 | 6 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 12 |
| 2011 | 8 | 11 |
| 2012 | 11 | 16 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8 |
| 2015 | 17 | 18 |
| 2016 | 20 | 14 |
| 2017 | 13 | 9 |
| 2018 | 14 | 22 |
| 2019 | 25 | 27 |
| 2020 | 20 | 32 |
| 2021 | 24 | 20 |
| 2022 | 19 | 12 |
| 2023 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rail assembly for a longitudinal seat adjustment system of a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat18 Aug 2026US 12,709,198 B2Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
- Method and system for occupant protection in a vehicle30 Jun 2026US 12,668,160 B2Autoliv Development AB
- System for mitigating the severity of motor vehicle crashes7 Apr 2026US 12,594,863 B1Automotive Safety Research, Inc.
- Seat cushion frame, vehicle seat frame, and vehicle seat10 Mar 2026US 12,570,194 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Lifter for vehicle seat bottom10 Feb 2026US 12,545,157 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle seat27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249757 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle seat13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233650 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle seat13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233699 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Side impact-absorbing device for child restraint system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208635 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Vehicle seat including inflatable device inflatable downwardly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208637 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chair structure99US 6,312,050 B1Volvo Car Corporation · 2001
- Seat pan of an automobile vehicle seat including an anti-sub-marining device97US 6,050,635 ABertrand Faure Equipements SA · 2000
- Seat and lumbar motion chair, assembly and method89US 5,558,399 A1996
- Seat assembly and method77US 5,460,427 A1995
- Seat cushion restraint system77US 5,695,242 ABreed Automotive Technology, Inc. · 1997