A44B 11/2565
Illuminated buckles
Official title: {Illuminated buckles}
A44B11/2565 (Illuminated buckles) appears on 55 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 55
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 11 Jun 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 7 | 8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Illuminated seat belt buckle11 Jun 2024US 12,004,603 B1
- Light up buckle for use with a dog collar27 Feb 2024US 11,910,782 B2Nano Pet Products LLC
- Restraint with indicator area20 Jun 2023US 11,679,714 B1Apple Inc.
- Seat belt buckle and method for manufacturing a seat belt buckle30 May 2023US 11,659,897 B2ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Light up buckle for use with a dog collar2 Aug 2022US 11,399,512 B2Nano Pet Products LLC
- Lock catch and vehicle13 Mar 2025US 2025/0083635 A1Geely Automobile Research Institute (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
- Light up buckle for use with a dog collar16 Mar 2023US 2023/0083166 A1Nano Pet Products LLC
- Seat belt buckle and method for manufacturing a seat belt buckle17 Feb 2022US 2022/0047044 A1ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Illuminated belt buckle for a safety belt device of a motor vehicle25 Mar 2021US 2021/0085036 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Light up buckle for use with a dog collar26 Mar 2020US 2020/0093098 A1Nano Pet Products LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Buckle apparatus for safety belt35US 4,181,832 ANSK-Warner K. K. · 1980
- Vehicle occupant restraint belt buckle including illumination34US 5,181,773 A1993
- Illuminated seat belt buckle27US 5,892,436 ATRW Inc. · 1999
- Seat belt buckle26US 5,970,587 AAutoliv Development AB · 1999
- Illuminated buckle for vehicle seat belt system21US 5,132,880 ATakata Corporation · 1992