B60R 22/42
Having means for acting directly upon the belt
Official title: having means for acting directly upon the belt, e.g. by clamping or friction {(not combined with the retractor B60R22/185)}
B60R22/42 (Having means for acting directly upon the belt) appears on 137 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60R- Granted patents
- 137
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 168
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seat belt retractor10 Mar 2026US 12,570,233 B2Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
- Load-limiting seatbelt retractor7 Oct 2025US 12,434,660 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Sensor for activating a vehicle-sensitive locking mechanism of a belt retractor7 Mar 2023US 11,597,346 B2ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Seat belt device18 Oct 2022US 11,472,367 B2Subaru Corporation
- Seat belt device7 Jun 2022US 11,351,958 B2Subaru Corporation
- Seat belt web retractors and associated systems and methods28 Nov 2024US 2024/0391595 A1AmSafe, Inc.
- Load-limiting seatbelt retractor21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383438 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Seat belt retractor12 Sep 2024US 2024/0300441 A1Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
- Seat belt device1 Jul 2021US 2021/0197759 A1Subaru Corporation
- Seat belt device1 Jul 2021US 2021/0197760 A1Subaru Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Passenger restraint belt system106US 5,552,986 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Deflection device for a safety belt arrangement having progressive belt clamping39US 4,682,791 ABritax-Kolb GmbH & Co. · 1987
- Belt clamps for vehicle passenger restraint belts33US 4,323,204 A1982
- Occupant restraint apparatus and method of controlling occupant restraint apparatus31US 6,213,510 B1Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Protractive force responsive safety belt locking apparatus27US 4,492,348 AAmerican Safety Equipment Corporation · 1985