A47F 3/0478
Control or safety arrangements
Official title: {Control or safety arrangements}
A47F3/0478 (Control or safety arrangements) appears on 96 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
- 96
- Published applications
- 116
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 191
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2014 | 1 | 7 |
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| 2016 | 6 | 14 |
| 2017 | 10 | 15 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13 | 11 |
| 2020 | 17 | 7 |
| 2021 | 5 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Expansion valve position detection in refrigeration system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,058 B2Hill Phoenix, Inc.
- Artificial intelligence-operated autonomous point-of-sale cabinet/refrigerator operation systems and provision of retractable video cameras for these systems (machine learning and computer vision)16 Jun 2026US 12,657,564 B2Intuitivo Tech LLC
- Regulation device16 Jun 2026US 12,658,827 B2Selpro Srl
- Refrigeration system with demand fluid defrost5 May 2026US 12,618,605 B2Hussmann Corporation
- Reducing power consumption of refrigerated display case with electronic door display28 Apr 2026US 12,611,052 B2Anthony, Inc.
- Cooling storage, method for controlling cooling storage, and cooling storage management system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248302 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for dispensing medications based on proximity to an electronic medication storage cabinet18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171229 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Air flow balance in food display applications16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102007 A1Cleveland Range, Inc.
- Configuration for a Heat Exchanger in a Temperature Controlled Case23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325120 A1Hill Phoenix, Inc.
- Reducing power consumption of refrigerated display case with electronic door display28 Aug 2025US 2025/0268400 A1Anthony, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Refrigerator68US 9,696,085 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2017
- Electronic temperature control for refrigeration system66US 4,621,502 ATyler Refrigeration Corporation · 1986
- Pharmacy picking device comprising a universal supply-and-control module41US 9,688,471 B2Carefusion Germany 326 GmbH · 2017
- Variable air curtain velocity control23US 6,619,052 B1Tyler Refrigeration Corporation · 2003
- Low-temperature foods preserving case and its temperature control method21US 5,031,413 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1991