D05B 55/06
Needle guides
Official title: Needle guides; Needle protectors (finger-protecting devices D05B83/00)
D05B55/06 (Needle guides) appears on 23 US grants and 12 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 12
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 32
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sewing machine3 Feb 2026US 12,540,429 B2Juki Corporation
- Pressing device supporting presser foot and sewing machine provided with the pressing device8 Apr 2025US 12,270,136 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Workpiece processing attachment and sewing machine11 Sep 2012US 8,261,678 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Double chain stitch sewing machine28 Jul 2009US 7,565,872 B2KSL Keilmann Sondermaschinenbau GmbH
- Mattress edge sewing machine28 Oct 2008US 7,441,508 B2Union Special Corporation
- Sewing machine30 May 2024US 2024/0175184 A1Juki Corporation
- Pressing device supporting presser foot and sewing machine provided with the pressing device28 Dec 2023US 2023/0416959 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing machine21 Jan 2021US 2021/0017684 A1
- Workpiece processing attachment and sewing machine26 Aug 2010US 2010/0212562 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Double Chain Stitch Sewing Machine24 Jul 2008US 2008/0173221 A1KSL Keilmann Sondermaschinenbau GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stitching head including needle guide for producing a reinforcement in a composite component20US 5,515,798 AAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle · 1996
- Elastomeric sole for use with converted flatbed sewing machine16US 7,134,223 B2Sewing Innovations and Machine Co. · 2006
- Needle guard for sewing machine6US 3,955,519 AThe Singer Company · 1976
- Needle hole guide mechanism for zigzag sewing machine4US 4,926,770 AJanome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Cylinder-bed type sewing machine4US 5,458,073 AMorimoto Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 1995