B60N 2/4242
Vertical
Official title: {vertical}
B60N2/4242 (Vertical) appears on 224 US grants and 211 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 224
- Published applications
- 211
- Assignees
- 131
- Inventors
- 380
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 11 |
| 2008 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 19 |
| 2011 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 14 | 13 |
| 2013 | 15 | 19 |
| 2014 | 18 | 15 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 | 16 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle seat having a tuned mass damper15 Sep 2026US 12,734,944 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Passenger restraint system for roller coasters24 Feb 2026US 12,559,006 B2Bolliger & Mabillard Ingenieurs Conseils S.A.
- Method for automatic seat pan tilt17 Feb 2026US 12,552,539 B2AMI Industries, Inc.
- Seat assemblies having fixed frames and movable seat cushions and movable seat backs with vertical dampers and clamps coupling the vertical dampers to the fixed frames2 Sep 2025US 12,403,803 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Method for translating pins using a rotary actuator17 Jun 2025US 12,330,793 B2AMI Industries, Inc.
- Suspension seating system and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233638 A1TMI Products, Inc.
- Energy attenuation system26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054839 A1Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
- Seat assemblies having fixed frames and movable seat cushions and movable seat backs with vertical dampers and clamps coupling the vertical dampers to the fixed frames20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353414 A1Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Seat mounted to structural column and methods thereof20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353595 A1Supernal, LLC
- Seat assemblies having fixed frames and movable seat cushions and movable seat backs with power lumbar mechanisms, tilt mechanisms, and heating/cooling mechanisms21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262999 A1Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Blast energy attenuating recoverable seat insert84US 9,738,186 B2Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2017
- Impact absorption system, particularly for aircraft seats61US 5,273,240 A1993
- Seat and occupant restraint system61US 5,451,094 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1995
- Seat and occupant restraint system54US 6,322,140 B1Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 2001
- System for protecting a vehicle occupant during a vehicle rollover condition52US 6,182,783 B2TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. · 2001