D05B 55/14
Needle-bar drives
D05B55/14 (Needle-bar drives) appears on 95 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 95
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 165
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sewing machine vibration dampener30 Jun 2026US 12,668,905 B2Gracewood Management, Inc.
- Sewing apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,559,874 B2Spin Master Ltd.
- Sewing machine with adjustable stepping height and related methods9 Dec 2025US 12,492,497 B2Sttchex Performance Engineering LLC
- Method and apparatus for automated ornamental decorative stitching3 Jun 2025US 12,320,050 B2Inteva Products, LLC
- 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 head7 May 2026US 2026/0125837 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Sewing machine25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389069 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing machine vibration dampener12 Jun 2025US 2025/0188659 A1Gracewood Management, Inc.
- Sewing machine with adjustable stepping height and related methods20 Jun 2024US 2024/0200248 A1Sttchex Performance Engineering LLC
- Method and apparatus for automated ornamental decorative stitching4 Jan 2024US 2024/0003067 A1Inteva Products, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Needle bar detachable drive and stroke adjusting mechanism20US 4,569,297 APfaff Industriemaschinen GmbH · 1986
- Sewing machine having a removable head15US 5,441,003 AAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Servo device for a multineedle sewing machine with engageable and disengageable needle bars13US 4,815,404 ADurkoppwerke GmbH · 1989
- Apparatus for disconnecting a needle bar and threading on a sewing machine12US 5,003,899 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Method and apparatus for automatically steering and adjusting the height of a needle in a chenille type embroidery machine12US 5,056,444 AMelco Industries, Inc. · 1991