B60N 2210/12
Capacitive
Official title: Capacitive; Electric field
B60N2210/12 (Capacitive) appears on 452 US grants and 541 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 452
- Published applications
- 541
- Assignees
- 180
- Inventors
- 872
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 10 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8 |
| 2003 | 16 | 20 |
| 2004 | 18 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 | 15 |
| 2006 | 11 | 15 |
| 2007 | 7 | 26 |
| 2008 | 18 | 33 |
| 2009 | 8 | 18 |
| 2010 | 19 | 31 |
| 2011 | 16 | 24 |
| 2012 | 21 | 19 |
| 2013 | 19 | 30 |
| 2014 | 26 | 24 |
| 2015 | 22 | 16 |
| 2016 | 16 | 17 |
| 2017 | 17 | 26 |
| 2018 | 19 | 35 |
| 2019 | 24 | 33 |
| 2020 | 23 | 26 |
| 2021 | 21 | 31 |
| 2022 | 17 | 10 |
| 2023 | 22 | 27 |
| 2024 | 16 | 23 |
| 2025 | 13 | 9 |
| 2026 | 10 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Heating system including conductive threads acting as capacitive-based proximity sensor and attaching heating wire to substrate15 Sep 2026US 12,739,946 B2Gentherm Incorporated
- Vehicle system and vibration generation device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,550 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Pressure sensing system and seat cushion having the pressure sensing system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,392 B2Magna Seating Inc.
- Apparatus and method of producing a sensing substrate4 Aug 2026US 12,698,024 B2Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
- Electrically conductive composition, sheet-form flexible electrode using same, and method for producing said electrode26 May 2026US 12,637,553 B2Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
- Vehicle seat and manufacturing method of vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307543 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Method for operating a heating system of a vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233577 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Seat sensor system for a vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233637 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Method for detecting capacitance between automotive interior component and human body, sensing device with charge receiving mapping layer and steering wheel with hand-off detection12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043675 A1Aew Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle Seat15 Jan 2026US 2026/0014907 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Asset system control arrangement and method407US 7,663,502 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2010
- Vehicular restraint system control system and method using multiple optical imagers405US 7,164,117 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2007
- Electroactive polymer sensors373US 6,809,462 B2SRI International · 2004
- Automobile air bag systems236US 5,602,734 AAdvanced Safety Concepts, Inc. · 1997
- Vehicle interior identification and monitoring system229US 5,829,782 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998