B64D 11/0619
With energy absorbing means specially adapted for mitigating impact loads for passenger
Official title: {with energy absorbing means specially adapted for mitigating impact loads for passenger seats, e.g. at a crash}
B64D11/0619 (With energy absorbing means specially adapted for mitigating impact loads for passenger) appears on 242 US grants and 259 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 242
- Published applications
- 259
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 517
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 7 |
| 2013 | 9 | 13 |
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| 2019 | 18 | 17 |
| 2020 | 17 | 13 |
| 2021 | 15 | 16 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12 |
| 2023 | 16 | 15 |
| 2024 | 14 | 25 |
| 2025 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seat for mobility vehicle14 Jul 2026US 12,679,542 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Head impact energy absorption component with integrated seat trim support12 May 2026US 12,623,575 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Seat pan, in particular for an aircraft seat, provided with a kinetic energy absorbing tube28 Apr 2026US 12,612,163 B2Safran Seats
- Helical connecting link and method for energy absorption using the same3 Mar 2026US 12,565,317 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Method for automatic seat pan tilt17 Feb 2026US 12,552,539 B2AMI Industries, Inc.
- Passive vibration isolator13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233840 A1Point Blank Enterprises, Inc.
- Tapered seat frame leg30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217373 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Dynamic energy absorbing seat28 May 2026US 2026/0146659 A1Joby Aero, Inc.
- Vehicle operator seat incorporating pivoting hip armor30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116540 A1AMI Industries, Inc.
- Impact- and blast-resistant aircraft seat30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116549 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reclining seat and ottoman system for aircraft including amenity cabinet67US 5,954,401 AAircraft Modular Products, Inc. · 1999
- Fully reclinable, pivotable airplane passenger sleeper seat assemblies65US 6,000,659 AThe Boeing Company · 1999
- Aircraft seat cushion64US 4,031,579 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 1977
- Method and apparatus for an adaptive suspension support system60US 8,424,832 B2Elliptical Mobile Solutions, LLC · 2013
- Energy absorbing aircraft seat frame structure51US 4,718,719 APTC Aerospace Inc. · 1988