D05B 69/00
Driving-gear
Official title: Driving-gear; Control devices
D05B69/00 (Driving-gear) appears on 644 US grants and 246 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 644
- Published applications
- 246
- Assignees
- 183
- Inventors
- 854
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 28 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 11 | 8 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 10 | 5 |
| 2012 | 13 | 12 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 14 | 9 |
| 2015 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 14 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 | 19 |
| 2019 | 14 | 15 |
| 2020 | 20 | 15 |
| 2021 | 19 | 10 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 10 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D05B 69/22Devices for stopping drive when sewing tools have reached a predetermined position173
- D05B 69/14Devices for changing speed or for reversing direction of rotation121
- D05B 69/10Electrical or electromagnetic drives112
- D05B 69/30Details77
- D05B 69/20Control devices responsive to the number of stitches made74
- D05B 69/36Devices for stopping drive when abnormal conditions occur61
- D05B 69/02Mechanical drives36
- D05B 69/28Applications of servo devices for tool-positioning purposes30
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Recent patents
- Sewing machine and methods of using the same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,527 B2Singer Sourcing Limited LLC
- Sewing machine15 Sep 2026US 12,735,820 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Machine for sewing, embroidery or quilting7 Jul 2026US 12,674,258 B2BERNINA International AG
- Sewing machine and wide table attachable to sewing machine7 Jul 2026US 12,674,259 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing machine vibration dampener30 Jun 2026US 12,668,905 B2Gracewood Management, Inc.
- Sewing machine12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043179 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing machine25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389069 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing machine and wide table attachable to sewing machine25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389070 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Machine for sewing, embroidery or quilting13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347043 A1BERNINA International AG
- Movement detector and sewing system2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305198 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Injury protection device for machinery113US 4,075,961 ABurlington Industries, Inc. · 1978
- Sewing machine controller inhibiting sewing in unsafe conditions82US 4,840,135 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Electronically geared sewing machine64US 5,458,075 ATice Engineering and Sales, Inc. · 1995
- Computerized stitching including embroidering48US 7,308,333 B2Melco Industries, Inc. · 2007
- Quilting method and apparatus44US 6,883,446 B22005