B60R 21/015
Including means for detecting the presence or position of passengers, passenger seats
Official title: including means for detecting the presence or position of passengers, passenger seats or child seats {, and the related safety parameters therefor, e.g. speed or timing of airbag inflation in relation to occupant position or seat belt use}
B60R21/015 (Including means for detecting the presence or position of passengers, passenger seats) appears on 2,983 US grants and 2,893 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 2,983
- Published applications
- 2,893
- Assignees
- 618
- Inventors
- 4,659
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 147 | 220 |
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| 2006 | 151 | 179 |
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| 2023 | 114 | 108 |
| 2024 | 107 | 105 |
| 2025 | 102 | 77 |
| 2026 | 48 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 21/01512Passenger detection systems2,427
- B60R 21/01554Seat position sensors424
- B60R 21/01556Child-seat detection systems304
- B60R 21/01558Monitoring crash strength129
- B60R 21/01566Devices for warning or indicating mode of inhibition91
- B60R 21/01564Manually or key-actuated inhibition switches52
- B60R 21/01504Detecting bag displacement44
- B60R 21/01508Detecting forces or pressure in bags or modules40
Recent patents
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- Applying a customized vehicle application8 Sep 2026US 12,731,080 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Restraint system, vehicle seat, and corresponding method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296351 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Vehicle seat restraint control module discovery on a communication bus and control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285209 A1Veoneer US Safety Systems, LLC
- Voice processing device, operation method thereof, and vehicle control system comprising voice processing device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290336 A1Amosense Co., Ltd.
- Device-operation control system, device-operation control apparatus, device-operation control method, and computer-readable medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274187 A1NEC Corporation
- Method for detecting an occupancy state3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257642 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
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