B60N 2/874
Movable to an inoperative or stowed position
Official title: movable to an inoperative or stowed position (B60N2/832, B60N2/856 take precedence)
B60N2/874 (Movable to an inoperative or stowed position) appears on 145 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 145
- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 361
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Auto return headrest for seat assembly5 May 2026US 12,617,324 B2Lear Corporation
- Full-flat rear seat26 Aug 2025US 12,397,686 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Apparatus for protecting the safety of persons with restricted mobility in a vehicle22 Apr 2025US 12,279,995 B2Bruns Holding GmbH & Co. KG
- Seat assembly having an adjustable head restraint18 Jun 2024US 12,011,097 B2Lear Corporation
- Second row priority seating for vehicles4 Jun 2024US 11,999,269 B2Waymo LLC
- Vehicle seat with a shelf and transportable storage compartment for a vehicle6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225511 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Deployable neck pillow for a vehicle and methods of use thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208649 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Headrest folding mechanism25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175757 A1Adient (Chongqing) Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
- Headrest19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077862 A1B/E Aerospace Fischer GmbH
- Seat headrest17 Jul 2025US 2025/0229902 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Folding headrest in particular for motor vehicles75US 5,669,668 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1997
- Automotive seat assembly having a rectractable headrest68US 6,192,565 B1Magna Interior Systems Inc. · 2001
- Automatic retractable head restraint67US 6,074,011 AJohnson Controls Technology Company · 2000
- Arrangement of headrest in seat62US 5,145,233 ATachi-S Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Structure of a movable headrest58US 5,011,225 ATachi-S Co., Ltd. · 1991