A47L 15/4261
Connections of the door to the casing
Official title: {Connections of the door to the casing, e.g. door hinges}
A47L15/4261 (Connections of the door to the casing) appears on 165 US grants and 187 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 386
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Cam for vertical adjustment of appliance doors43US 5,788,351 A1998
- Anti-tip hinge device and method36US 5,341,542 AKeystone Friction Hinge Co. · 1994
- Built-in electrical appliances, refrigerators in particular22US 5,471,709 A1995
- Oven door counterbalance system21US 3,955,865 AGeneral Electric Company · 1976
- Device for weight compensation of a front end door of a household appliance, especially a household dishwasher, the door being supported on a housing and pivotable about a horizontal axis20US 5,980,006 ABSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH · 1999