B60R 2021/01272
Belt tensioners
Official title: {Belt tensioners}
B60R2021/01272 (Belt tensioners) appears on 206 US grants and 225 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 206
- Published applications
- 225
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 442
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2012 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10 |
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| 2019 | 10 | 11 |
| 2020 | 8 | 19 |
| 2021 | 14 | 11 |
| 2022 | 18 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Occupant protection device for a motor vehicle and seat belt unit15 Sep 2026US 12,734,987 B2Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
- Device and method for inhibiting a substrate current in an IC semiconductor substrate25 Aug 2026US 12,720,829 B2Elmos Semiconductor AG
- Control device for controlling safety device in vehicle24 Feb 2026US 12,559,091 B2Denso Corporation
- Method to improve ride comfort and reduce driver and passenger anxiety in a vehicle10 Feb 2026US 12,545,267 B2Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable protection device with rough terrain and airborne detection23 Dec 2025US 12,503,070 B2ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Adjusting seatbelt tension based on a physical impairment16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200426 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Adjusting seatbelt tension based on a driving challenge and physical impairment18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167140 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle Rear Collision Active and Passive Protection System4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152139 A1ITE Tech. Inc.
- Vehicle sensor device and seat belt retractor to which same is applied21 May 2026US 2026/0138558 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Vehicle occupant restraining system and method for controlling at least one belt retractor of such a vehicle occupant restraining system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077734 A1ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adaptive mapping to navigate autonomous vehicles responsive to physical environment changes367US 9,612,123 B1Zoox, Inc. · 2017
- Occupant sensing and crash behavior system186US 5,785,347 AAlliedSignal Inc. · 1998
- Internal safety systems for robotic vehicles131US 9,517,767 B1Zoox, Inc. · 2016
- Electronic seat belt tensioning system127US 5,558,370 AAutomotive Systems Laboratory, Inc. · 1996
- Vehicle safety system with safety device controllers116US 5,835,873 ABreed Automotive Technology, Inc. · 1998