B60N 2/42772
Characterised by the triggering system
Official title: {characterised by the triggering system}
B60N2/42772 (Characterised by the triggering system) appears on 527 US grants and 430 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 527
- Published applications
- 430
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 955
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 10 |
| 2002 | 19 | 25 |
| 2003 | 23 | 9 |
| 2004 | 13 | 15 |
| 2005 | 15 | 19 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 |
| 2007 | 12 | 17 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9 |
| 2009 | 10 | 21 |
| 2010 | 8 | 19 |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 |
| 2012 | 14 | 7 |
| 2013 | 17 | 6 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 17 | 18 |
| 2017 | 17 | 18 |
| 2018 | 19 | 21 |
| 2019 | 20 | 28 |
| 2020 | 23 | 34 |
| 2021 | 29 | 23 |
| 2022 | 25 | 21 |
| 2023 | 24 | 20 |
| 2024 | 14 | 18 |
| 2025 | 10 | 12 |
| 2026 | 15 | 11 |
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
- Side impact safety protection device, child safety seat and base8 Sep 2026US 12,728,775 B2Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Method of controlling vehicle safety device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,267 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Adjustment system for a vehicle seat11 Aug 2026US 12,703,278 B2Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
- Method and apparatus for operating a multi-position vehicle seat and restraining an occupant of such seat28 Jul 2026US 12,691,801 B2Atieva, Inc.
- Vehicle seat restraint control module discovery on a communication bus and control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285209 A1Veoneer US Safety Systems, LLC
- Active posture compensation seat and anti-impact assembly thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249747 A1GQY Dream Technology Group USA Ltd.
- Vehicle occupant protection device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249756 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Vehicle seat27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249757 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle seat13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233650 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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
- Internal safety systems for robotic vehicles131US 9,517,767 B1Zoox, Inc. · 2016
- Rear impact occupant protection apparatus123US 5,694,320 AAutomotive Technologies Intl, Inc. · 1997
- Vehicle seat with multifunction backrest121US 5,836,648 ARecaro GmbH & Co. · 1998