D06F 37/42
Safety arrangements
Official title: Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door
D06F37/42 (Safety arrangements) appears on 523 US grants and 555 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 523
- Published applications
- 555
- Assignees
- 137
- Inventors
- 1,048
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 10 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 24 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 | 20 |
| 2007 | 7 | 12 |
| 2008 | 10 | 19 |
| 2009 | 12 | 24 |
| 2010 | 6 | 25 |
| 2011 | 12 | 22 |
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| 2015 | 16 | 27 |
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| 2017 | 16 | 26 |
| 2018 | 29 | 49 |
| 2019 | 21 | 48 |
| 2020 | 32 | 36 |
| 2021 | 44 | 35 |
| 2022 | 34 | 25 |
| 2023 | 30 | 19 |
| 2024 | 27 | 17 |
| 2025 | 19 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Laundry treatment apparatus5 May 2026US 12,618,186 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Sealing device for sleeves of washing machines14 Apr 2026US 12,601,097 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
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- Laundry appliance with anti-closure feature12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071376 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Method and control unit for locking a user interface of a household appliance1 Jan 2026US 2026/0003333 A1BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
- Apparatus for treating laundry27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361666 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Electronic apparatus and control method thereof30 Oct 2025US 2025/0333894 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Latching mechanism for the door of an electric household appliance132US 6,634,684 B2Elektromanufaktur Zangenstein Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGAA · 2003
- Washing apparatus126US 6,691,536 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2004
- Fire extinguishing system120US 6,648,077 B22003
- Energy efficient clothes dryer100US 4,621,438 A1986
- Microprocessor based control circuit for washing appliances66US 4,241,400 AGeneral Electric Company · 1980