D06F 37/261
Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their
Official title: {Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their assembly from elements}
D06F37/261 (Tubs made by a specially selected manufacturing process or characterised by their) appears on 162 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 7 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus for treating laundry6 Oct 2026US 12,753,540 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Laundry treating apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,723,343 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Drum washing machine4 Aug 2026US 12,698,583 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Electrode plate, electrolysis apparatus, and laundry treatment device21 Apr 2026US 12,606,466 B2Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd.
- Air bypass seal with backer for improved drying performance in a combination washer/dryer31 Mar 2026US 12,590,394 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Clothes treatment apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226666 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Laundry treating apparatus and drum manufacturing method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210018 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Electrode plate, electrolysis apparatus, and laundry treatment device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200768 A1Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd.
- Tub ring for a laundry washing machine14 May 2026US 2026/0132563 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Apparatus for treating laundry27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361666 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Washing tub for a washing machine49US 6,681,602 B2BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH · 2004
- Wash tub of plastics material for clothes washing machines27US 4,423,607 AIndustrie Zanussi S.p.A. · 1984
- Drum type washing machine27US 7,380,424 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2008
- Washing machine tub construction23US 4,502,303 AWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Roller washing machine and the washing method thereof23US 9,476,155 B2Haier Group Corporation · 2016