B60N 2/856
Movable to an inoperative or stowed position
Official title: movable to an inoperative or stowed position
B60N2/856 (Movable to an inoperative or stowed position) appears on 266 US grants and 282 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 266
- Published applications
- 282
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 581
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 12 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14 |
| 2008 | 12 | 17 |
| 2009 | 11 | 13 |
| 2010 | 12 | 23 |
| 2011 | 9 | 18 |
| 2012 | 20 | 11 |
| 2013 | 16 | 15 |
| 2014 | 14 | 16 |
| 2015 | 19 | 17 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | 15 | 17 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Folding automotive seat26 May 2026US 12,636,977 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Monitoring system for a vehicle cabin12 May 2026US 12,623,672 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Auto return headrest for seat assembly5 May 2026US 12,617,324 B2Lear Corporation
- Stowing vehicle seat with break link mechanism24 Mar 2026US 12,583,369 B2Atieva, Inc.
- Removable component system10 Mar 2026US 12,570,185 B2Lear Corporation
- Stowable vehicle seat assembly and vehicle with open midgate configuration17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274128 A1Nissan North America, Inc.
- Vehicle, seat assembly and midgate with support structure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274351 A1Nissan North America, Inc.
- Head Restraint Assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264594 A1Kongsberg Automotive Holding 2 AS
- Monitoring System for a Vehicle Cabin27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249863 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Headrest folding mechanism25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175757 A1Adient (Chongqing) Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicular seat assembly having a cam driven self positioning head restraint119US 6,860,564 B2Intier Automotive Inc. · 2005
- Headrest folding mechanism105US 5,681,079 AFisher Dynamics Corporation · 1997
- Seat assembly with self positioning head restraint93US 7,344,189 B2Intier Automotive Inc. · 2008
- Headrest linkage80US 7,832,803 B22010
- Folding headrest in particular for motor vehicles75US 5,669,668 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1997