B60R 21/00
Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants
Official title: Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks (safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles B60R22/00; seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats, B60N2/42; energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles B62D1/11; energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns B62D1/19)
B60R21/00 (Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants) appears on 22,582 US grants and 19,177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 22,582
- Published applications
- 19,177
- Assignees
- 2,996
- Inventors
- 27,686
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 88 | 0 |
| 1977 | 53 | 0 |
| 1978 | 51 | 0 |
| 1979 | 35 | 0 |
| 1980 | 31 | 0 |
| 1981 | 39 | 0 |
| 1982 | 25 | 0 |
| 1983 | 33 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 24 | 0 |
| 1986 | 33 | 0 |
| 1987 | 40 | 0 |
| 1988 | 39 | 0 |
| 1989 | 69 | 0 |
| 1990 | 117 | 0 |
| 1991 | 167 | 0 |
| 1992 | 183 | 0 |
| 1993 | 231 | 0 |
| 1994 | 333 | 0 |
| 1995 | 399 | 0 |
| 1996 | 513 | 0 |
| 1997 | 458 | 0 |
| 1998 | 556 | 0 |
| 1999 | 546 | 0 |
| 2000 | 628 | 0 |
| 2001 | 816 | 265 |
| 2002 | 740 | 785 |
| 2003 | 675 | 851 |
| 2004 | 695 | 975 |
| 2005 | 592 | 1021 |
| 2006 | 652 | 1003 |
| 2007 | 588 | 924 |
| 2008 | 686 | 850 |
| 2009 | 632 | 853 |
| 2010 | 861 | 695 |
| 2011 | 694 | 575 |
| 2012 | 523 | 513 |
| 2013 | 674 | 619 |
| 2014 | 622 | 607 |
| 2015 | 662 | 734 |
| 2016 | 678 | 678 |
| 2017 | 684 | 841 |
| 2018 | 659 | 830 |
| 2019 | 820 | 1028 |
| 2020 | 840 | 1033 |
| 2021 | 877 | 823 |
| 2022 | 873 | 697 |
| 2023 | 733 | 614 |
| 2024 | 683 | 618 |
| 2025 | 608 | 425 |
| 2026 | 311 | 320 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 21/02Occupant safety arrangements or fittings15,171
- B60R 21/01Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements6,893
- B60R 2021/0002Type of accidentIndexing code1,748
- B60R 21/34Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle1,361
- B60R 2021/003Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupantsIndexing code1,286
- B60R 2021/0065Type of vehiclesIndexing code645
- B60R 2021/0027Post collision measuresIndexing code441
Recent patents
- Child automobile safety seat6 Oct 2026US 12,752,680 B2Goodbaby Child Products Co., Ltd.
- Deployable seat frame brace6 Oct 2026US 12,752,681 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle front structure6 Oct 2026US 12,752,727 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Occupant protection device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,731 B2Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle control system for tire instability incidents6 Oct 2026US 12,752,771 B2Fca US LLC
- Walk-through pop-up seat mounting structure of vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307558 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Impact and Vibration Mitigation for Cushion Systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307561 A1Kalogon, Inc.
- Reconfigurable vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307578 A1
- Restraining device of a seat unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307612 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Air-bag8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307613 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Video mirror systems incorporating an accessory module1,905US 6,690,268 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Automatic rearview mirror system using a photosensor array1,778US 5,550,677 ADonnelly Corporation · 1996
- Rearview vision system for vehicle including panoramic view1,778US 5,670,935 ADonnelly Corporation · 1997
- Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor1,368US 5,796,094 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998
- Display enhancements for vehicle vision system1,367US 5,949,331 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999