B60N 2/686
Panel like structures
Official title: {Panel like structures}
B60N2/686 (Panel like structures) appears on 686 US grants and 732 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 686
- Published applications
- 732
- Assignees
- 267
- Inventors
- 1,591
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 14 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 15 |
| 2008 | 8 | 19 |
| 2009 | 4 | 20 |
| 2010 | 12 | 19 |
| 2011 | 18 | 31 |
| 2012 | 13 | 33 |
| 2013 | 22 | 31 |
| 2014 | 25 | 22 |
| 2015 | 37 | 54 |
| 2016 | 36 | 51 |
| 2017 | 45 | 60 |
| 2018 | 40 | 48 |
| 2019 | 57 | 52 |
| 2020 | 54 | 43 |
| 2021 | 43 | 28 |
| 2022 | 26 | 43 |
| 2023 | 33 | 45 |
| 2024 | 34 | 28 |
| 2025 | 31 | 25 |
| 2026 | 16 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seat frame8 Sep 2026US 12,728,778 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Back surface member for seat pad and method for manufacturing the same1 Sep 2026US 12,722,548 B2Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Panel for a seat30 Jun 2026US 12,668,161 B2Adient US LLC
- Seat back panel, seat back frame and vehicle seat23 Jun 2026US 12,662,028 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat23 Jun 2026US 12,662,032 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle seat24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285212 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Utility vehicle6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225506 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Vehicle interior material and seat back panel30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217169 A1Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.
- Tunable composite seat structure and tooling assembly for forming the same in order to meet crashworthiness loads30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217172 A1U.S. Farathane Corporation
- Vehicle seat23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208639 A1Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Automotive modular seat frame assembly108US 6,027,171 ALear Corporation · 2000
- Sport bucket seat, for a motor vehicle, especially a passenger vehicle104US 7,753,451 B2Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft · 2010
- Vehicle seat assembly98US 5,988,757 ALear Corporation · 1999