B60W 40/08
Related to drivers or passengers
Official title: related to drivers or passengers
B60W40/08 (Related to drivers or passengers) appears on 5,336 US grants and 6,911 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 5,336
- Published applications
- 6,911
- Assignees
- 1,143
- Inventors
- 11,280
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 |
| 2002 | 17 | 14 |
| 2003 | 10 | 14 |
| 2004 | 8 | 19 |
| 2005 | 12 | 29 |
| 2006 | 12 | 19 |
| 2007 | 12 | 35 |
| 2008 | 19 | 30 |
| 2009 | 19 | 46 |
| 2010 | 24 | 66 |
| 2011 | 21 | 43 |
| 2012 | 34 | 53 |
| 2013 | 40 | 99 |
| 2014 | 68 | 113 |
| 2015 | 113 | 181 |
| 2016 | 166 | 242 |
| 2017 | 234 | 359 |
| 2018 | 306 | 446 |
| 2019 | 414 | 564 |
| 2020 | 436 | 695 |
| 2021 | 475 | 857 |
| 2022 | 559 | 794 |
| 2023 | 634 | 756 |
| 2024 | 670 | 625 |
| 2025 | 606 | 466 |
| 2026 | 364 | 344 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for controlling vehicle battery6 Oct 2026US 12,752,649 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Personalized adaptive cruise control (P-ACC) based on in-cabin data6 Oct 2026US 12,752,780 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Work vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,792 B2Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Entertainment method for operating a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,798 B2Audi AG
- Driving assistance apparatus and recording medium6 Oct 2026US 12,752,809 B2Subaru Corporation
- Method for reducing kinetosis-related effects on an occupant on a vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307549 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Control systems for a vehicle powertrain8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307644 A1Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Golf vehicle with swerve detection and response8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307646 A1Textron Inc.
- Systems and methods for operator monitoring and fatigue detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307656 A1Naqi Logix Inc.
- Real-time driving data insight system and method with edge computing and artificial intelligence tools8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307657 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Emotive engine and method for generating a simulated emotion for an information system575US 8,812,171 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2014
- Autonomous vehicle with driver presence and physiological monitoring426US 8,874,301 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2014
- System and method for driver performance improvement412US 6,909,947 B2Motorola, Inc. · 2005
- Accident response using autonomous vehicle monitoring385US 9,646,428 B1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2017
- Driving analysis using vehicle-to-vehicle communication347US 9,147,353 B1Allstate Insurance Company · 2015