B60R 2021/01211
Expansion of air bags
Official title: {Expansion of air bags}
B60R2021/01211 (Expansion of air bags) appears on 374 US grants and 416 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 374
- Published applications
- 416
- Assignees
- 140
- Inventors
- 833
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 10 | 15 |
| 2005 | 11 | 15 |
| 2006 | 8 | 16 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 9 | 13 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 6 |
| 2015 | 10 | 14 |
| 2016 | 10 | 21 |
| 2017 | 15 | 26 |
| 2018 | 20 | 42 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 |
| 2020 | 28 | 43 |
| 2021 | 41 | 36 |
| 2022 | 39 | 28 |
| 2023 | 32 | 22 |
| 2024 | 23 | 24 |
| 2025 | 28 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 2021/01231Control of expansion timing or sequenceIndexing code107
- B60R 2021/01225Control of expansion volumeIndexing code56
- B60R 2021/01238Control of expansion shapeIndexing code55
- B60R 2021/01218Control of expansion speedIndexing code21
- B60R 2021/01245Selection of seat for bag expansionIndexing code20
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle occupant protection apparatus with inflation volume and shape control82US 6,616,184 B2TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. · 2003
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- Seat track assembly for a motor vehicle having an integrated position sensor64US 7,322,605 B2Intier Automotive Inc. · 2008
- Multi-stage airbag in vehicle with reconfigurable interior60US 9,108,584 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2015
- Method for airbag inflation control59US 7,147,246 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2006