B60N 2/68
Seat frames
B60N2/68 (Seat frames) appears on 2,581 US grants and 2,768 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 2,581
- Published applications
- 2,768
- Assignees
- 621
- Inventors
- 4,798
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 11 |
| 2002 | 27 | 26 |
| 2003 | 35 | 35 |
| 2004 | 30 | 27 |
| 2005 | 6 | 48 |
| 2006 | 30 | 44 |
| 2007 | 29 | 46 |
| 2008 | 29 | 55 |
| 2009 | 23 | 59 |
| 2010 | 36 | 76 |
| 2011 | 55 | 99 |
| 2012 | 55 | 107 |
| 2013 | 73 | 134 |
| 2014 | 83 | 100 |
| 2015 | 151 | 194 |
| 2016 | 136 | 150 |
| 2017 | 167 | 192 |
| 2018 | 163 | 220 |
| 2019 | 239 | 208 |
| 2020 | 206 | 180 |
| 2021 | 165 | 146 |
| 2022 | 131 | 134 |
| 2023 | 122 | 140 |
| 2024 | 118 | 115 |
| 2025 | 103 | 122 |
| 2026 | 70 | 100 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Seat for vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,673 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle access system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,679 B2Adapt Solutions
- Seatback assembly for a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,684 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle seat22 Sep 2026US 12,740,654 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,703 B2Polaris Industries Inc.
- Seat back8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307566 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fiber-wound seat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296278 A1Lear Corporation
- Mobile body1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296279 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Transportation seat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296280 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Vehicle seat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296284 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for measuring weight of an occupying item of a seat184US 6,242,701 B1Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2001
- Combination seat frame and ventilation apparatus169US 5,385,382 AFord Motor Company · 1995
- Vehicle seat133US 6,550,856 B1Lear Corporation · 2003
- Vehicle seat member integrally formed of synthetic resin material122US 4,368,917 ATachikawa Spring Co., Ltd. · 1983
- Method for reinforcing structural members109US 6,233,826 B12001