D06F 37/26
Casings
Official title: Casings; Tubs
D06F37/26 (Casings) appears on 968 US grants and 1,304 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 968
- Published applications
- 1,304
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 1,678
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 26 |
| 2005 | 2 | 16 |
| 2006 | 2 | 38 |
| 2007 | 9 | 25 |
| 2008 | 18 | 19 |
| 2009 | 19 | 33 |
| 2010 | 14 | 30 |
| 2011 | 14 | 49 |
| 2012 | 26 | 65 |
| 2013 | 22 | 26 |
| 2014 | 31 | 48 |
| 2015 | 39 | 72 |
| 2016 | 43 | 47 |
| 2017 | 45 | 98 |
| 2018 | 66 | 124 |
| 2019 | 61 | 92 |
| 2020 | 69 | 105 |
| 2021 | 99 | 77 |
| 2022 | 90 | 77 |
| 2023 | 76 | 63 |
| 2024 | 71 | 64 |
| 2025 | 49 | 53 |
| 2026 | 45 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D06F 37/267Tubs specially adapted for mounting thereto components or devices not provided for422
- D06F 37/266Gaskets mounted between tub and casing around the loading opening243
- D06F 37/28Doors184
- D06F 37/261Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their162
- D06F 37/264Tubs provided with reinforcing structures102
- D06F 37/265Counterweights mounted to the tub55
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- Twist-locking lug17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272262 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Clothes washer having a motor-driven lid opening and closing mechanism84US 5,724,837 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Laundry pretreatment system70US 6,353,954 B1Maytag Corporation · 2002
- Seal arrangement between inner and outer tubs of a horizontal axis washing machine61US 5,979,195 AMaytag Corporation · 1999
- Drum type washing machine61US 6,557,383 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2003
- Integrated tub and cabinet structure59US 5,711,170 AMaytag Corporation · 1998