D03C
Shedding mechanisms
Official title: Shedding mechanisms; pattern cards or chains; punching of cards; designing patterns
D03C (Shedding mechanisms) appears on 945 US grants and 319 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D03C- Granted patents
- 945
- Published applications
- 319
- Assignees
- 311
- Inventors
- 919
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 32 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 21 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 24 | 0 |
| 1983 | 30 | 0 |
| 1984 | 42 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 37 | 0 |
| 1994 | 33 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 7 |
| 2002 | 20 | 15 |
| 2003 | 6 | 19 |
| 2004 | 7 | 22 |
| 2005 | 19 | 28 |
| 2006 | 29 | 30 |
| 2007 | 14 | 25 |
| 2008 | 18 | 17 |
| 2009 | 24 | 9 |
| 2010 | 15 | 7 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 | 13 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8 | 14 |
| 2019 | 16 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- D03C 3/00Jacquards275
- D03C 9/00Healds261
- D03C 1/00Dobbies205
- D03C 13/00Shedding mechanisms not otherwise provided for124
- D03C 7/00Leno or similar shedding mechanisms114
- D03C 5/00Cam or other direct-acting shedding mechanisms, i.e. operating heald frames without intervening68
- D03C 19/00Methods or devices concerned with designing or making patterns, not provided for49
- D03C 2700/00Shedding mechanismsIndexing code15
Recent patents
- Method for determining a weaving map6 Oct 2026US 12,753,534 B2Safran
- Woven geometric textile material with ultra low solid fraction, apparatus and method of making30 Jun 2026US 12,668,899 B1Kimre, Inc.
- Multi-nested twisting loom, method, fabric weave, and upper16 Jun 2026US 12,655,550 B2Zhejiang Julibao Textile Technology Co., Ltd
- Shedding mechanism structure, weaving machine comprising the same, fabric, and method for weaving21 Apr 2026US 12,606,942 B1Dayi Warp Knitting Co., Ltd.
- Shedding machine for a loom and shedding assembly for a loom comprising a group of such machines24 Feb 2026US 12,559,871 B2Staubli Faverges
- Method for determining a weaving map9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193819 A1Safran
- Method and system to verify and reconfigure design values of reconfigurable jacquard cards16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103827 A1Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Device for monitoring weaving by means of deformation sensors16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104242 A1Safran
- Multi-nested Twisting Loom, Method, Fabric Weave, and Upper12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071358 A1Zhejiang Julibao Textile Technology Co., Ltd
- Plastic healds with multiple eyes19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049421 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Weaving loom with three-position jacquard selection device1,021US 5,881,777 A1999
- Textile design system and method79US 5,016,183 AComputer Design, Inc. · 1991
- Method and apparatus for recognizing colored pattern49US 3,942,154 AAgency of Industrial Science and Technology · 1976
- Wire harness board36US 3,946,768 AThomas & Betts Corporation · 1976
- System and method for generating a pattern from an image34US 5,058,174 A1991