B60N 2/5692
Refrigerating means
Official title: {Refrigerating means}
B60N2/5692 (Refrigerating means) appears on 134 US grants and 200 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 200
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 382
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 3 | 12 |
| 2018 | 14 | 15 |
| 2019 | 15 | 21 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 |
| 2021 | 10 | 12 |
| 2022 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ventilation of seating surfaces in a flexible heat exchanger system9 Jun 2026US 12,649,396 B2Padmini Vna Mechatronics Ltd.
- Preconditioning surfaces using intelligent thermal effectors28 Apr 2026US 12,611,909 B2Gentherm Incorporated
- Optimal control of convective thermal devices17 Feb 2026US 12,552,223 B2Gentherm Incorporated
- Seat support3 Jun 2025US 12,319,183 B2Lear Corporation
- Air conditioner for adjusting a temperature of a seat and an interior in a vehicle7 Jan 2025US 12,187,098 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd.
- Method for reducing kinetosis-related effects on an occupant on a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307549 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Cold/warm sensation control seat2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184243 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Weather resistant air flow distribution system for seats10 Jul 2025US 2025/0222841 A1
- Arrangement for air conditioning at least one cushioned surface13 Jun 2024US 2024/0190311 A1I. G. Bauerhin GmbH
- Optimal control of convective thermal devices2 May 2024US 2024/0140165 A1Gentherm Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Thermoelectric heat exchanger196US 6,223,539 B1Amerigon Incorporated · 2001
- Temperature conditioner for vehicle seat189US 5,924,766 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999