D05B 63/00
Devices associated with the loop-taker thread
Official title: Devices associated with the loop-taker thread, e.g. for tensioning
D05B63/00 (Devices associated with the loop-taker thread) appears on 80 US grants and 46 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 80
- Published applications
- 46
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 104
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sewing apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,559,874 B2Spin Master Ltd.
- Quilted panel14 Feb 2023US 11,578,441 B2L&P Property Management Company
- Sewing stitch length adjustment mechanisms6 Sep 2022US 11,434,592 B2Hamer-Fischbein LLC
- Lower thread supply device of sewing machine29 Mar 2022US 11,286,598 B2Juki Corporation
- Quilted panel7 Sep 2021US 11,111,615 B2L&P Property Management Company
- Sewing apparatus6 Jul 2023US 2023/0212801 A1Spin Master Ltd.
- System and method for controlling bobbin rotation in a sewing machine9 Mar 2023US 2023/0074544 A1Autoliv ASP, Inc.
- Thread feeding device of a sewing machine3 Mar 2022US 2022/0064833 A1Zeng Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Sewing stitch length adjustment mechanisms10 Feb 2022US 2022/0042228 A1Hamer-Fischbein LLC
- Quilted Panel25 Nov 2021US 2021/0363678 A1L&P Property Management Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic thread tensioning device for sewing machines14US 4,377,980 AJanome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. · 1983
- Sewing machine thread control11US 3,940,089 AWillcox & Gibbs, Inc. · 1976
- Lock stitching sewing machine with a thread tightening device9US 4,340,003 AJanome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. · 1982
- Selectively controllable bobbin thread pull-off mechanism8US 4,215,639 AThe Singer Company · 1980
- Method and apparatus for drawing a needle thread through a workpiece8US 4,658,752 AKochs Adler AG · 1987