D05B 47/00
Needle-thread tensioning devices
Official title: Needle-thread tensioning devices; Applications of tensometers
D05B47/00 (Needle-thread tensioning devices) appears on 184 US grants and 82 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 184
- Published applications
- 82
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 290
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sewing machine15 Sep 2026US 12,735,820 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,559,874 B2Spin Master Ltd.
- Sewing machine15 Apr 2025US 12,276,057 B2Juki Corporation
- Sewing machine25 Mar 2025US 12,258,694 B2Juki Corporation
- Method and apparatus for stitching a three dimensional formed component and components formed from the method28 Jan 2025US 12,209,343 B2Inteva Products, LLC
- Sewing head11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160006 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Sewing machine12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043179 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing head20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354311 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Device and method for thread drawing20 Feb 2025US 2025/0059691 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Robot and method for adjusting sewn threads13 Feb 2025US 2025/0050508 A1ABB Schweiz AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computerized stitching including embroidering48US 7,308,333 B2Melco Industries, Inc. · 2007
- Adaptive sewing machine41US 4,166,423 AThe Singer Company · 1979
- Tension selecting mechanism for sewing machines31US 4,180,006 AThe Singer Company · 1979
- Automatic needle thread control apparatus29US 4,408,554 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1983
- Yarn tensioning mechanism26US 8,127,698 B1Tuftco Corporation · 2012