D04B 15/00
Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, weft knitting machines, restricted to
Official title: Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, weft knitting machines, restricted to machines of this kind (details or auxiliary devices not so restricted D04B35/00)
D04B15/00 (Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, weft knitting machines, restricted to) appears on 1,744 US grants and 621 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 1,744
- Published applications
- 621
- Assignees
- 446
- Inventors
- 1,562
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 98 | 0 |
| 1977 | 82 | 0 |
| 1978 | 60 | 0 |
| 1979 | 34 | 0 |
| 1980 | 41 | 0 |
| 1981 | 31 | 0 |
| 1982 | 32 | 0 |
| 1983 | 29 | 0 |
| 1984 | 34 | 0 |
| 1985 | 52 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 64 | 0 |
| 1988 | 54 | 0 |
| 1989 | 48 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 46 | 0 |
| 1992 | 46 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 46 | 0 |
| 1995 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 41 | 0 |
| 1997 | 26 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 68 | 0 |
| 2001 | 47 | 11 |
| 2002 | 24 | 12 |
| 2003 | 26 | 23 |
| 2004 | 23 | 31 |
| 2005 | 26 | 26 |
| 2006 | 26 | 31 |
| 2007 | 30 | 22 |
| 2008 | 13 | 17 |
| 2009 | 18 | 22 |
| 2010 | 28 | 18 |
| 2011 | 19 | 7 |
| 2012 | 9 | 18 |
| 2013 | 24 | 30 |
| 2014 | 11 | 28 |
| 2015 | 14 | 28 |
| 2016 | 25 | 40 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 |
| 2018 | 14 | 28 |
| 2019 | 32 | 36 |
| 2020 | 21 | 29 |
| 2021 | 24 | 20 |
| 2022 | 28 | 34 |
| 2023 | 19 | 28 |
| 2024 | 29 | 24 |
| 2025 | 26 | 17 |
| 2026 | 14 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D04B 15/38Devices for supplying, feeding, or guiding threads to needles619
- D04B 15/66Devices for determining or controlling patterns550
- D04B 15/32Cam systems or assemblies for operating knitting instruments310
- D04B 15/88Take-up or draw-off devices for knitting products207
- D04B 15/06Sinkers189
- D04B 15/94Driving-gear not otherwise provided for160
- D04B 15/14Needle cylinders88
- D04B 15/02Loop-transfer points74
Recent patents
- Circular knitting machine for knitting double-sided yarn-dyed fabric6 Oct 2026US 12,753,536 B2Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component29 Sep 2026US 12,745,818 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Circular sock machine and a method for its use1 Sep 2026US 12,723,335 B2
- Circular knitting machine with sinker selection and related method for knitting16 Jun 2026US 12,655,552 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like and method for providing a tubular item19 May 2026US 12,630,951 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Knitted component and method of manufacturing the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265965 A1
- Cylinder and dial knitting machine10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265966 A1Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
- Transfer apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242988 A1Zhejiang Yifan Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Linking Method, Particularly for Closing an Axial End of a Tubular Manufacture20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242991 A1Lonati S. P. A.
- Legwear, knitted fabric, and double pile knitted fabric structure30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218425 A1Okamoto Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical stents for body lumens exhibiting peristaltic motion244US 5,876,445 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1999
- Circular weft knitting machine222US 5,095,720 AAnnedeen Hosiery Mill, Inc. · 1992
- Pattern control device for flat knitting machines177US 5,031,423 AIkenaga Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Process for production of weave-knit material172US 5,623,840 ATecnit-Technische Textilien und Systeme GmbH · 1997
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a tongue146US 8,448,474 B1NIKE, Inc. · 2013