D04B 15/70
In flat-bed knitting machines
Official title: in flat-bed knitting machines
D04B15/70 (In flat-bed knitting machines) appears on 64 US grants and 26 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 64
- Published applications
- 26
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 81
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Needle bed and needle combination for flat knitting machine and needle selection mechanism19 May 2026US 12,630,952 B2
- Fully automatic method for handling yarn knots in a continuous flat knitting process1 Jul 2025US 12,344,973 B2Jiangnan University
- Methods for fabrication of articles from three-dimensional models4 Mar 2025US 12,241,187 B2Global Apparel Partners Inc.
- Methods for fabrication of articles from three-dimensional models26 Nov 2024US 12,152,322 B2Global Apparel Partners Inc.
- Weft-knitted spacer fabric and a preparation method thereof, use of the fabric for the preparation of a composite material and a composite material comprising the same26 Mar 2024US 11,939,708 B2BASF SE
- Continuous movement of knitting needles in a knitting system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218426 A1Loophole Ltd.
- Methods for fabrication of articles from three-dimensional models22 May 2025US 2025/0163620 A1Global Apparel Partners Inc.
- Fully automatic method for handling flat knitting knots in continuous knitting process1 Aug 2024US 2024/0254665 A1Jiangnan University
- Methods for fabrication of articles from three-dimensional models9 Nov 2023US 2023/0357968 A1Global Apparel Partners Inc.
- Methods for fabrication of articles from three-dimensional models9 Nov 2023US 2023/0357969 A1Global Apparel Partners Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination feeder for a knitting machine76US 8,522,577 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2013
- Flat knitting machine having needle selector device14US 4,490,994 AH. Stoll GmbH & Co. · 1985
- Flat knitting machine having compound needles13US 4,637,228 AShima Idea Center Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Straight-line knitting machine, for preselection of the needles, with stitch forwarding11US 3,955,381 AEdouard Dubied et Cie (Societe Anonyme) · 1976
- Flat knitting machine with movable loop forming plates11US 6,079,233 AShima Seiki Manufacturing, Ltd. · 2000