B60R 22/02
Semi-passive restraint systems
Official title: Semi-passive restraint systems, e.g. systems applied or removed automatically but not both {; Manual restraint systems (knee, leg or head belts B60R22/001; devices for releasing in an emergency, remote or automatic unbuckling devices B60R22/32)}
B60R22/02 (Semi-passive restraint systems) appears on 809 US grants and 673 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
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| 2026 | 8 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 22/023Three-point seat belt systems comprising two side lower and one side upper363
- B60R 2022/027Four-point seat belt systemsIndexing code151
- B60R 22/03Means for presenting the belt or part thereof to the wearer147
- B60R 2022/021Means for holding the tongue or buckle in a non-use positionIndexing code107
- B60R 22/022With means for facilitating access to rear seats in two-door cars26
- B60R 2022/029Belt storageIndexing code20
- B60R 2022/028Specially adapted for use in sleeping positionIndexing code19
Recent patents
- Protection reinforcing device of a multi-point seat belt system for a vehicle15 Sep 2026US 12,734,990 B2Hornling Industrial Inc.
- Vehicle seat11 Aug 2026US 12,703,319 B2Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Seatbelt assembly11 Aug 2026US 12,703,321 B1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Occupant safety restraint system21 Jul 2026US 12,686,357 B2Evenflo Company, Inc.
- Occupant protection device7 Jul 2026US 12,673,635 B2Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Three-point seat belt device for vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296361 A1Subaru Corporation
- Seat belt feeder and vehicle including the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233698 A1Daechang Seat Co., LTD-Dongtan
- Vehicle seat13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233699 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle occupant restraint device and vehicle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217213 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Seatbelt device for pillarless vehicle and pillarless vehicle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208689 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Side-by-side vehicle117US 9,776,481 B2Polaris Industries Inc. · 2017
- Seat belt system for a vehicle seat99US 5,123,673 AHoover Universal, Inc. · 1992
- Safety enhanced center unbuckling restraint equipment (secure)70US 6,293,588 B12001
- Four point seat belt system68US 7,625,048 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2009
- Automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus and seatbelt protraction and retraction amount-detecting device66US 6,485,057 B1NSK Autoliv Co., Ltd. · 2002