B60N 2/50
Seat suspension devices
B60N2/50 (Seat suspension devices) appears on 984 US grants and 844 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 984
- Published applications
- 844
- Assignees
- 370
- Inventors
- 1,549
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 2 |
| 2002 | 13 | 7 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6 |
| 2004 | 8 | 18 |
| 2005 | 6 | 20 |
| 2006 | 9 | 15 |
| 2007 | 9 | 21 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13 |
| 2009 | 14 | 24 |
| 2010 | 11 | 41 |
| 2011 | 23 | 26 |
| 2012 | 32 | 41 |
| 2013 | 36 | 31 |
| 2014 | 33 | 44 |
| 2015 | 39 | 45 |
| 2016 | 41 | 48 |
| 2017 | 54 | 46 |
| 2018 | 42 | 52 |
| 2019 | 48 | 53 |
| 2020 | 51 | 67 |
| 2021 | 36 | 57 |
| 2022 | 53 | 47 |
| 2023 | 45 | 39 |
| 2024 | 46 | 38 |
| 2025 | 34 | 26 |
| 2026 | 21 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60N 2/502Attached to the base of the seat548
- B60N 2/506Seat guided by rods468
- B60N 2/54Using mechanical springs426
- B60N 2/52Using fluid means394
- B60N 2/505Adjustable suspension including height adjustment353
- B60N 2/501Actively controlled suspension286
- B60N 2/509Seat guided by slides or the like97
- B60N 2/504Attached to the base and the backrest69
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Recent patents
- Vehicle seat structure6 Oct 2026US 12,752,682 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Active crew seat vibration control6 Oct 2026US 12,753,823 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Systems and methods for controlling inflation of a seat cushion29 Sep 2026US 12,746,862 B2Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Active vehicle seat with spring-supported morphing portions22 Sep 2026US 12,741,572 B2Miga Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle seat having a tuned mass damper15 Sep 2026US 12,734,944 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Vehicle seat vibration suppression device and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307547 A1Dongguk University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
- Isolator and suspension assembly for riding equipment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307560 A1MTD Products Inc
- Impact and Vibration Mitigation for Cushion Systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307561 A1Kalogon, Inc.
- A seat suspension unit17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274130 A1UNO Minda Limited
- Shock absorbing seat pedestal3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257598 A1Raptor Performance Shocks, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electroviscous liquid-filled suspension device and control damping device therefor122US 4,858,733 ABridgestone Corporation · 1989
- Two platform motion seat118US 5,913,568 A1999
- Active suspending115US 8,095,268 B2Bose Corporation · 2012
- Suspension device for vehicle seat101US 5,251,864 ATachi-S Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Controllable seat damper system and control method therefor100US 5,652,704 ALord Corporation · 1997