B60N 2210/26
Ultrasonic
Official title: Ultrasonic, e.g. sonar
B60N2210/26 (Ultrasonic) appears on 169 US grants and 161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 169
- Published applications
- 161
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 252
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10 |
| 2004 | 12 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 13 |
| 2008 | 6 | 22 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 9 | 1 |
| 2011 | 9 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 1 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle and method of controlling power thereof21 Apr 2026US 12,606,056 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle compartment air replacement14 Apr 2026US 12,600,195 B2Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd.
- Method for the automatic adjustment of a cockpit inside a road vehicle and relative road vehicle28 Oct 2025US 12,454,203 B2Ferrari S.P. A.
- Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle seat4 Mar 2025US 12,243,415 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Automated vehicle seats4 Feb 2025US 12,214,698 B2Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Method for operating a heating system of a vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233577 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Automated Vehicle Seats16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103119 A1Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Controller and control method for straddle-type vehicle1 May 2025US 2025/0136223 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
- Seat device for vehicle30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033544 A1Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- System and method of capturing physiological anomalies utilizing a vehicle seat4 Jan 2024US 2024/0001842 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicular component control systems and methods554US 6,442,465 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Automotive occupant sensing device525US 5,528,698 ARockwell International Corporation · 1996
- 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