Company Analysis

Adient plc (ADNT)

NYSE: ADNT · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Dublin · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade4.7
◀ Past 5.2● Present 4.9▶ Future 3.9

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

73 patents granted to the 6 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Adient plc’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
73
71 utility, 2 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
18
Against 23 in 2024 and 16 in 2023
Applications published
117
44 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'19'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Transport62
Other special machines3
Mechanical elements2
Surface technology, coating2
Audio-visual technology2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Adient US LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 7 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
69 granted
42 published
Adient US LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
65 published
Adient (Chongqing) Automotive Components Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
0 granted
6 published
ADIENT KOREA, INC. a subsidiary
KR, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
ADIENT KOREA, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in KR
0 granted
3 published
Adient (Chongqing) Automotive Components Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 9, 202512,491,809Lower leg support device for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seatTransportAdient US LLC
Nov 4, 202512,459,405Underframe for a height adjuster, and height adjusterTransportAdient US LLC
Oct 7, 202512,434,608Armrest for rear center seat of vehicleTransportADIENT KOREA, INC.
Sep 23, 202512,420,460Foam part, in particular for a vehicle seat, method for producing a foam part, and vehicle seatOther special machinesAdient US LLC
Sep 16, 202512,415,441Fastening arrangement and seatTransportAdient US LLC
Sep 2, 202512,403,806Head restraint for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seatAudio-visual technologyAdient US LLC
Sep 2, 202512,403,799Suspension device, backrest and seat arrangementTransportAdient US LLC
Aug 19, 202512,391,151Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seatTransportAdient US LLC
Aug 12, 2025D1,087,750Trim attachment clipAdient US LLC
Aug 5, 202512,377,760Vehicle seatTransportAdient US LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0388143VEHICLE SEATTransportAdient US LLC
Dec 18, 20252025/0381897HOLDING ROD FOR A HEAD RESTRAINTTransportAdient US LLC
Dec 11, 20252025/0376084SEAT CUSHION LENGTH EXTENDER SYSTEMTransportAdient US LLC
Dec 4, 20252025/0368094AUTOMOBILE FRONT SEATTransportAdient (Chongqing) Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
Nov 27, 20252025/0360844LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEATTransportAdient US LLC
Nov 27, 20252025/0360843FASTENING ARRANGEMENT AND SEATTransportAdient US LLC
Nov 27, 20252025/0360842FASTENING ARRANGEMENT AND SEATTransportAdient US LLC
Nov 27, 20252025/0360841FASTENING ARRANGEMENT AND SEATTransportAdient US LLC
Nov 13, 20252025/0346157LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEATTransportAdient US LLC
Nov 13, 20252025/0346156LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEATTransportAdient US LLC
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 62 · Mechanical elements 4 · Audio-visual technology 1 · Other special machines 1 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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