B60R 16/037
For occupant comfort
Official title: for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel}
B60R16/037 (For occupant comfort) appears on 1,251 US grants and 1,524 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 1,251
- Published applications
- 1,524
- Assignees
- 421
- Inventors
- 3,063
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 7 |
| 2002 | 11 | 17 |
| 2003 | 9 | 14 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12 |
| 2007 | 4 | 17 |
| 2008 | 14 | 38 |
| 2009 | 10 | 20 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 |
| 2011 | 9 | 17 |
| 2012 | 10 | 12 |
| 2013 | 13 | 54 |
| 2014 | 22 | 52 |
| 2015 | 48 | 67 |
| 2016 | 56 | 75 |
| 2017 | 74 | 113 |
| 2018 | 94 | 109 |
| 2019 | 89 | 116 |
| 2020 | 67 | 124 |
| 2021 | 75 | 130 |
| 2022 | 82 | 101 |
| 2023 | 89 | 113 |
| 2024 | 85 | 110 |
| 2025 | 100 | 105 |
| 2026 | 56 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device and method for controlling an integrated memory system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,725 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Method and device for configuring a plurality of configurable functions of a vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,882 B2Audi AG
- Method for adjusting a vehicle setting to a user, data processing apparatus, computer program, computer-readable storage medium, vehicle setting adjustment system, and vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,728,808 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Method of controlling vehicle member to perform operation, electronic apparatus, and storage medium1 Sep 2026US 12,722,585 B2PATEO CONNECT+ Technology (Shanghai) Corporation
- Vehicle security mode18 Aug 2026US 12,713,478 B2Toyota Connected North America, Inc.
- Wireless charger with nfc reader to control vehicle access8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307620 A1Deere & Company
- Device for the operation of vehicle functions24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285157 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Control system and method for vehicle trunk24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285202 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Method and a system for an identity management10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264633 A1
- Driver position monitoring system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257639 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automobile navigation system using real time spoken driving instructions733US 5,177,685 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1993
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicle mirror digital network and dynamically interactive mirror system621US 5,798,575 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998
- Vehicle mirror digital network and dynamically interactive mirror system573US 5,959,367 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999
- Vehicle occupant position and velocity sensor563US 5,848,802 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998