B60N 2/42745
Of the back-rest
Official title: {of the back-rest (B60N2/433 takes precedence; higher part of the back-rest moving together with the headrest B60N2/888)}
B60N2/42745 (Of the back-rest) appears on 301 US grants and 300 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 301
- Published applications
- 300
- Assignees
- 117
- Inventors
- 599
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seat frame8 Sep 2026US 12,728,778 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat for a motor vehicle comprising a deformation device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,546 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Method and apparatus for operating a multi-position vehicle seat and restraining an occupant of such seat28 Jul 2026US 12,691,801 B2Atieva, Inc.
- Seat assembly28 Jul 2026US 12,692,002 B2Mirus Aircraft Seating Ltd.
- Systems and methods for limiting rearward motion of a seatback in a rear-impact collision7 Jul 2026US 12,673,592 B2Brigham Young University
- Vehicle seat13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233699 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle chassis formed of a hydrogen tank made of composites having an anti-submarining bump30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217168 A1Ampere S.A.S.
- Vehicle seat and vehicle seat control method21 May 2026US 2026/0138503 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Deployable seat frame brace12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042383 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Device for constraining actuator motion during a dynamic event20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353413 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
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
- Chair structure99US 6,312,050 B1Volvo Car Corporation · 2001
- Moveable back panel for a vehicle seat85US 7,819,470 B2Lear Corporation · 2010
- Seat for use in a vehicle78US 6,022,074 AAutoliv Development AB · 2000
- Apparatus with actuatable tether for resisting rearward movement of a backrest portion of a seat64US 7,077,472 B2TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. · 2006