B60R 19/205
Inflatable in the direction of an obstacle upon impending impact
Official title: {inflatable in the direction of an obstacle upon impending impact, e.g. using air bags}
B60R19/205 (Inflatable in the direction of an obstacle upon impending impact) appears on 134 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 116
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 220
- Latest grant
- 18 Nov 2025
Filings by year
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| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Airbag apparatus18 Nov 2025US 12,472,896 B2Subaru Corporation
- Airbag apparatus28 Oct 2025US 12,454,236 B2Subaru Corporation
- Airbags inflatable vehicle forward of bumper25 Feb 2025US 12,233,813 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Bumper-mounted inflatable device7 Jan 2025US 12,187,210 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Airbag device3 Dec 2024US 12,157,514 B2Subaru Corporation
- Vehicle Collision Impact Reduction Device16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103159 A1
- Airbags inflatable vehicle forward of bumper30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033593 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Controlled Deployment of Structures30 Nov 2023US 2023/0382345 A1Apple Inc.
- Bumper-mounted inflatable device16 Nov 2023US 2023/0365085 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Three-wheeled vehicle airbag15 Jun 2023US 2023/0182834 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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By later US patents
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- Vehicular component control systems and methods554US 6,442,465 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Method for obtaining and displaying information about objects in a vehicular blind spot217US 7,209,221 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2007
- System for minimizing automobile collision damage and personal injury164US 5,959,552 A1999