B60N 2/54
Using mechanical springs
Official title: using mechanical springs
B60N2/54 (Using mechanical springs) appears on 426 US grants and 319 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 426
- Published applications
- 319
- Assignees
- 190
- Inventors
- 676
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 23 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 16 | 22 |
| 2013 | 14 | 10 |
| 2014 | 14 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 | 23 |
| 2016 | 19 | 9 |
| 2017 | 15 | 14 |
| 2018 | 14 | 16 |
| 2019 | 19 | 20 |
| 2020 | 17 | 24 |
| 2021 | 13 | 19 |
| 2022 | 18 | 22 |
| 2023 | 17 | 15 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 |
| 2025 | 13 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle seat structure6 Oct 2026US 12,752,682 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Lateral isolator for vehicle seats16 Jun 2026US 12,654,605 B2
- Vehicle seat with a vibration-absorber27 Jan 2026US 12,534,002 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Vibration isolator pre-load mechanism13 Jan 2026US 12,523,271 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Shock absorbing structure of an all terrain vehicle seat4 Nov 2025US 12,459,408 B2Zhejiang Qianlang Motorcycle Co., Ltd.
- Shock absorbing seat pedestal3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257598 A1Raptor Performance Shocks, LLC
- Suspension seating system and methods13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233638 A1TMI Products, Inc.
- Vehicle seat25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175753 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle seat11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158978 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat suspension device and vehicle seat5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061906 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Active suspending100US 8,548,678 B2Bose Corporation · 2013
- Regenerative system including an energy transformer which requires no external power source to drive same91US 5,570,286 ALord Corporation · 1996