B60R 21/36
Using airbags
Official title: using airbags
B60R21/36 (Using airbags) appears on 356 US grants and 411 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 356
- Published applications
- 411
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 629
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 13 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 11 | 14 |
| 2007 | 9 | 10 |
| 2008 | 8 | 7 |
| 2009 | 7 | 18 |
| 2010 | 16 | 18 |
| 2011 | 16 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 20 |
| 2015 | 20 | 22 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 |
| 2017 | 12 | 18 |
| 2018 | 15 | 17 |
| 2019 | 24 | 46 |
| 2020 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021 | 29 | 19 |
| 2022 | 22 | 33 |
| 2023 | 31 | 15 |
| 2024 | 23 | 12 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Airbag apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,608 B2Subaru Corporation
- Pedestrian protection airbag and pedestrian airbag device28 Apr 2026US 12,612,008 B2Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle hood lifter and airbag assembly28 Apr 2026US 12,612,009 B2Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
- Pedestrian airbag device for vehicle24 Mar 2026US 12,583,414 B2Subaru Corporation
- Vehicular pedestrian protection device2 Dec 2025US 12,485,846 B2
- Pedestrian protection device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307614 A1Subaru Corporation
- Pedestrian protection device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307615 A1Subaru Corporation
- Systems and methods of imminent collision detection and mitigation for autonomous vehicles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285300 A1TORC Robotics, Inc.
- Airbag10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264639 A1Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
- Pedestrian protection airbag device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217212 A1Autoliv Development AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Techniques for improving safe operation of a vehicle98US 8,880,296 B2American Vehicular Sciences LLC · 2014
- Device for reducing the impact of pedestrians70US 6,182,782 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Collision discriminating apparatus for vehicles69US 6,561,301 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho · 2003
- Vehicle motion control device62US 7,966,127 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho · 2011
- Exterior airbag deployment techniques55US 8,041,483 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2011