B60Q 3/233
Seats
Official title: Seats; Arm rests; Head rests
B60Q3/233 (Seats) appears on 180 US grants and 205 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 180
- Published applications
- 205
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 451
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 8 | 13 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 11 | 6 |
| 2018 | 9 | 17 |
| 2019 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 13 | 21 |
| 2021 | 15 | 19 |
| 2022 | 12 | 17 |
| 2023 | 23 | 26 |
| 2024 | 16 | 9 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5 |
| 2026 | 7 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle user support including flexible lighting features9 Jun 2026US 12,649,416 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Control system and method for enhancing vehicle driving experience26 May 2026US 12,637,001 B1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Operation device5 May 2026US 12,617,358 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Head support comprising a noise-suppression device, and vehicle seat14 Apr 2026US 12,600,281 B2Audi AG
- Conveyance interior part14 Apr 2026US 12,600,298 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Head Rest for a Vehicle Seat with a Light8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307584 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Lighting Device for a Motor Vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296303 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Illuminating device for the interior of a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257618 A1
- Motor vehicle with electronically controlled interior lighting system that is reconfigurable from a remote server, and related control method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257619 A1Stellantis Europe S.p.A.
- Child seat illumination system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240329 A1Wonderland Switzerland AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lighting device utilizing light active sheet material with integrated light emitting diode, disposed in seam and/or in low profile application208US 8,754,426 B2Grote Industries, Inc. · 2014
- Method and system for flexible illuminated devices having edge lighting utilizing light active sheet material with integrated light emitting diode181US 8,876,352 B2Grote Industries, Inc. · 2014
- Led fiber optic illuminated vehicle seat cover79US 6,854,869 B12005
- Baby seat66US 5,806,924 ACambridge Industries, Inc. · 1998
- Integrated under-seat interior lighting for a motor vehicle seat63US 7,293,831 B2Dura Global Technologies, Inc. · 2007