B60N 2/5678
Characterised by electrical systems
Official title: {characterised by electrical systems}
B60N2/5678 (Characterised by electrical systems) appears on 685 US grants and 894 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 685
- Published applications
- 894
- Assignees
- 259
- Inventors
- 1,644
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 19 |
| 2005 | 15 | 26 |
| 2006 | 10 | 25 |
| 2007 | 17 | 30 |
| 2008 | 5 | 27 |
| 2009 | 10 | 29 |
| 2010 | 18 | 28 |
| 2011 | 15 | 28 |
| 2012 | 20 | 23 |
| 2013 | 27 | 44 |
| 2014 | 17 | 29 |
| 2015 | 34 | 38 |
| 2016 | 25 | 38 |
| 2017 | 33 | 43 |
| 2018 | 44 | 56 |
| 2019 | 49 | 65 |
| 2020 | 45 | 66 |
| 2021 | 53 | 65 |
| 2022 | 53 | 50 |
| 2023 | 34 | 44 |
| 2024 | 31 | 49 |
| 2025 | 40 | 24 |
| 2026 | 21 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Trapped tab attachment assemblies and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,685 B2Lear Corporation
- Heating system including conductive threads acting as capacitive-based proximity sensor and attaching heating wire to substrate15 Sep 2026US 12,739,946 B2Gentherm Incorporated
- Magnetic heated seat device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,547 B2Sears Manufacturing Company
- Ventilation of seating surfaces in a flexible heat exchanger system9 Jun 2026US 12,649,396 B2Padmini Vna Mechatronics Ltd.
- System and method of estimating energy flow to an occupant from a heating element of a vehicle seat12 May 2026US 12,623,577 B2Gentherm Incorporated
- Method for reducing kinetosis-related effects on an occupant on a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307549 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Heater device and vehicle seat10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264588 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Component of sheet27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249758 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for operating a heating system of a vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233577 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Heating system of a vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233578 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and arrangement for control of direct current motor1,395US 7,567,045 B2Kongsberg Automotive AB · 2009
- Ergonomic systems and methods providing intelligent adaptive surfaces and temperature control392US 6,230,501 B1ProMXD Technology, Inc. · 2001
- Thermoelectric heat exchanger227US 6,119,463 AAmerigon Incorporated · 2000
- Ergonomic systems and methods providing intelligent adaptive surfaces and temperature control226US 6,865,825 B2ProMDX Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Variable temperature seat climate control system217US 5,626,021 AAmerigon Incorporated · 1997