D06F 37/18
Doors or covers
Official title: Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
D06F37/18 (Doors or covers) appears on 44 US grants and 51 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 44
- Published applications
- 51
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 107
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Laundry machine and corresponding lid3 Mar 2026US 12,565,729 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Laundry treating apparatus21 Oct 2025US 12,448,716 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Laundry treating apparatus13 May 2025US 12,297,577 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Laundry treatment device11 Jun 2024US 12,006,613 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Laundry treating apparatus5 Mar 2024US 11,920,273 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Laundry treating appliance with vent19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049428 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Laundry machine a corresponding lid14 Nov 2024US 2024/0376654 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Semi-automatic washing machine15 Aug 2024US 2024/0271345 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Laundry treating apparatus30 May 2024US 2024/0175188 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Laundry treating apparatus25 Apr 2024US 2024/0133102 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Washing machine45US 7,313,932 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha · 2008
- Clothes washer with clothing trap21US 7,866,191 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2011
- Washing machine18US 9,315,934 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2016
- Washing machine5US 8,800,325 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2014
- Appliance lid hinge assembly with snubber4US 10,724,284 B2Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc. · 2020