B60N 2/4256
The shape of the seat being specially adapted for a particular purpose
Official title: {the shape of the seat being specially adapted for a particular purpose or for particular vehicles}
B60N2/4256 (The shape of the seat being specially adapted for a particular purpose) appears on 144 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 144
- Published applications
- 144
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 311
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 10 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 16 |
| 2012 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 12 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 12 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Anti-submarining seat system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,535 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Reinforcement structure for rear seat interim portion14 Jul 2026US 12,679,259 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle and vehicle seat30 Dec 2025US 12,508,962 B2Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Anti-submarining belt for a seat in a vehicle23 Dec 2025US 12,503,020 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Seat cushion frame, vehicle seat frame, and vehicle seat4 Mar 2025US 12,240,362 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Tunable composite seat structure and tooling assembly for forming the same in order to meet crashworthiness loads30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217172 A1U.S. Farathane Corporation
- Vehicle lower portion structure18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167073 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle seat provided with an on-board safety system21 May 2026US 2026/0138553 A1
- Cushion body11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282269 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Anti-submarining belt for a seat in a vehicle8 May 2025US 2025/0145066 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle seat158US 6,019,420 ADaimlerChrysler AG · 2000
- Vehicle seat assembly98US 5,988,757 ALear Corporation · 1999
- Adjustable seat cushion with tension limiting means50US 4,712,834 ASimula, Inc. · 1987
- Passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat and attachment structure for load sensor42US 7,455,343 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2008
- Active material based conformable and reconfigurable seats41US 7,758,121 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2010