A44B 11/2511
Acting perpendicularly to the main plane of the buckle
Official title: {acting perpendicularly to the main plane of the buckle, e.g. placed on the front face of the buckle}
A44B11/2511 (Acting perpendicularly to the main plane of the buckle) appears on 152 US grants and 73 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 152
- Published applications
- 73
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 198
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Protection reinforcing device of a multi-point seat belt system for a vehicle15 Sep 2026US 12,734,990 B2Hornling Industrial Inc.
- Strap buckle7 Apr 2026US 12,593,897 B2Pgytech Co., Ltd.
- Buckle16 Dec 2025US 12,496,998 B2Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Belt with tail clip23 Sep 2025US 12,419,374 B2Guangdong Hongrun Precision Metal Technology Co., Ltd.
- Safety assistive belt for patient transfer15 Jul 2025US 12,357,059 B2
- Buckle assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272128 A1Wonderland Switzerland AG
- Safety belt buckle locking structure9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191301 A1Hou Tong Int'l Co., Ltd.
- A multi-purpose tactical uniform lock that is easily attached and detached27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359635 A1Samsun Yurt Savunma Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
- Safety belt structure3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108774 A1Taiwan Racing Products Co., Ltd.
- Push button connector13 Feb 2025US 2025/0049179 A1Wenzhou Yuanfei Pet Toy Products Co.,Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Belt buckle with interactive dual tongues61US 5,283,933 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1994
- Dual tongue buckle with independent latching49US 5,813,097 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1998
- Buckle assembly for seat belt47US 4,228,567 ANSK-Warner K. K. · 1980
- Belt buckle with interlocking dual tongue46US 5,023,981 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1991
- Belt buckle with interlocking dual tongue and floating peg45US 5,142,748 AIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. · 1992