D04B 15/66
Devices for determining or controlling patterns
Official title: Devices for determining or controlling patterns {; Program-control arrangements}
D04B15/66 (Devices for determining or controlling patterns) appears on 550 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Circular knitting machine with sinker selection and related method for knitting16 Jun 2026US 12,655,552 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Needle bed and needle combination for flat knitting machine and needle selection mechanism19 May 2026US 12,630,952 B2
- Method for manufacturing knit articles incorporating reflective yarn and knit articles31 Mar 2026US 12,590,389 B2Reebok International Ltd.
- Circular knitting machine with assembly for needle and sinker selection27 Jan 2026US 12,534,833 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Process for manufacturing a textile item by means of a circular weft knitting machine, and textile item realized by means of this process20 Jan 2026US 12,529,171 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Cylinder and dial knitting machine10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265966 A1Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
- Continuous movement of knitting needles in a knitting system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218426 A1Loophole Ltd.
- Knitted component with inserted elements12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041186 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Tool For Design And Fabrication of Knitted Components29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028757 A1NIKE, Inc.
- A drive chain for stitch formation members of a circular knitting machine and a circular knitting machine comprising such drive chain10 Jul 2025US 2025/0223739 A1Santoni S.P.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Circular weft knitting machine222US 5,095,720 AAnnedeen Hosiery Mill, Inc. · 1992
- Process for production of weave-knit material172US 5,623,840 ATecnit-Technische Textilien und Systeme GmbH · 1997
- Combination feeder for a knitting machine76US 8,522,577 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2013
- Support stocking product or the like72US 4,502,301 ARampon Products, Inc. · 1985
- Knitted article62US 4,732,015 AAmerican Doubloon Corporation · 1988