B60R 22/28
Incorporating energy-absorbing devices
Official title: incorporating energy-absorbing devices {(belt anchors provided with energy-absorbing means for protecting the occupants in case of physical contact therewith B60R21/055; belt retractors comprising energy-absorbing means B60R22/341, B60R22/4676)}
B60R22/28 (Incorporating energy-absorbing devices) appears on 684 US grants and 560 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60R 2022/286Using deformation of materialIndexing code342
- B60R 2022/288With means to adjust or regulate the amount of energy to beIndexing code222
- B60R 2022/282Using fluids or vico-elastic materialsIndexing code45
- B60R 2022/289Energy-absorption curvesIndexing code44
- B60R 2022/285Using friction surfacesIndexing code36
- B60R 2022/281For bucklesIndexing code31
- B60R 2022/283Using tearing or scoring of materialIndexing code30
- B60R 2022/284Using electric or magnetic braking meansIndexing code26
Recent patents
- Child carrier, and buffer assembly for a safety belt11 Aug 2026US 12,703,274 B2Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
- Seat belt buckle assemblies for use with a seat belt of a vehicle5 May 2026US 12,617,368 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for adaptively adjusting a seat belt load limiter24 Feb 2026US 12,559,057 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Belt tightener for a safety belt system in a motor vehicle10 Feb 2026US 12,545,210 B2Autoliv Development AB
- Retractor pretensioner assembly13 Jan 2026US 12,522,171 B2Autoliv ASP, Inc.
- Force limiter27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249808 A1
- Seat belt retractor and method of producing the same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225555 A1Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
- Seat belt retractor6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225556 A1Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
- Buckle assembly and seat belt buckle16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200429 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Seatbelt retractor with adjustable context-based damper for a vehicle16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200430 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
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
- Asset system control arrangement and method407US 7,663,502 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2010
- Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraining device in response to discrete control zones372US 5,413,378 ATRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. · 1995
- Monitoring using cellular phones263US 8,035,508 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2011