B60R 21/01554
Seat position sensors
Official title: {Seat position sensors}
B60R21/01554 (Seat position sensors) appears on 424 US grants and 383 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 424
- Published applications
- 383
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 699
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 11 |
| 2002 | 25 | 19 |
| 2003 | 16 | 17 |
| 2004 | 19 | 16 |
| 2005 | 16 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13 |
| 2008 | 13 | 26 |
| 2009 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 12 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 18 |
| 2018 | 9 | 14 |
| 2019 | 15 | 28 |
| 2020 | 25 | 39 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 |
| 2022 | 28 | 30 |
| 2023 | 33 | 22 |
| 2024 | 27 | 22 |
| 2025 | 23 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for adjusting an interior configuration of a vehicle in response to a vehicular accident25 Aug 2026US 12,715,339 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Method and system for occupant protection in a vehicle30 Jun 2026US 12,668,160 B2Autoliv Development AB
- Vehicle seat slide9 Jun 2026US 12,649,393 B2FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
- Vehicle airbag assembly with tethered airbag5 May 2026US 12,617,363 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle passenger protecting device having a side airbag and a curtain airbag with an enlarged inflating portion24 Mar 2026US 12,583,407 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle seat restraint control module discovery on a communication bus and control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285209 A1Veoneer US Safety Systems, LLC
- Seat controlling apparatus and method7 May 2026US 2026/0124968 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Control device for vehicle airbag9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313169 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Seat misuse alarm device9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313170 A1Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
- Vehicle passenger protecting device21 Aug 2025US 2025/0263038 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicle occupant position and velocity sensor563US 5,848,802 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicular component control systems and methods554US 6,442,465 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Telematics system503US 6,735,506 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2004
- Asset system control arrangement and method407US 7,663,502 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2010