B60R 21/16
Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending
Official title: Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags ({protective garments with automatically inflatable shock-absorbing means A41D13/018; } connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00)
B60R21/16 (Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending) appears on 12,566 US grants and 9,896 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 12,566
- Published applications
- 9,896
- Assignees
- 1,387
- Inventors
- 12,638
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 51 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 55 | 0 |
| 1991 | 100 | 0 |
| 1992 | 115 | 0 |
| 1993 | 168 | 0 |
| 1994 | 248 | 0 |
| 1995 | 293 | 0 |
| 1996 | 380 | 0 |
| 1997 | 340 | 0 |
| 1998 | 404 | 0 |
| 1999 | 341 | 0 |
| 2000 | 406 | 0 |
| 2001 | 488 | 176 |
| 2002 | 448 | 464 |
| 2003 | 357 | 466 |
| 2004 | 355 | 504 |
| 2005 | 321 | 561 |
| 2006 | 333 | 541 |
| 2007 | 298 | 495 |
| 2008 | 370 | 444 |
| 2009 | 348 | 448 |
| 2010 | 535 | 390 |
| 2011 | 384 | 298 |
| 2012 | 287 | 331 |
| 2013 | 400 | 317 |
| 2014 | 373 | 321 |
| 2015 | 352 | 366 |
| 2016 | 340 | 371 |
| 2017 | 354 | 425 |
| 2018 | 315 | 350 |
| 2019 | 358 | 422 |
| 2020 | 370 | 477 |
| 2021 | 417 | 413 |
| 2022 | 459 | 356 |
| 2023 | 398 | 299 |
| 2024 | 367 | 291 |
| 2025 | 319 | 211 |
| 2026 | 150 | 159 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 21/20Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition7,523
- B60R 21/23Inflatable members6,082
- B60R 21/26Characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid3,558
- B60R 2021/161Characterised by additional means for controlling deployment trajectoryIndexing code742
- B60R 21/18The inflatable member formed as a belt or harness or combined with411
- B60R 21/33Arrangements for non-electric triggering of inflation198
- B60R 2021/162Means for diverting, destroying or blocking the bag in case of dangerousIndexing code42
- B60R 2021/167Comprising anti-theft devicesIndexing code31
Recent patents
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- Passenger airbag system assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,746,885 B1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Side airbag device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,886 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Impact and Vibration Mitigation for Cushion Systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307561 A1Kalogon, Inc.
- Restraining device of a seat unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307612 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Air-bag8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307613 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Restraint system, vehicle seat, and corresponding method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296351 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Seat cushion airbag device and seat cushion airbag structure1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296353 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
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- Wireless and powerless sensor and interrogator645US 6,988,026 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2006
- 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