D06F 58/02
Domestic laundry dryers: having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
Official title: having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
D06F58/02 (Domestic laundry dryers: having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis) appears on 1,019 US grants and 1,236 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 1,019
- Published applications
- 1,236
- Assignees
- 187
- Inventors
- 1,817
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10 |
| 2004 | 10 | 28 |
| 2005 | 15 | 57 |
| 2006 | 16 | 41 |
| 2007 | 14 | 21 |
| 2008 | 19 | 27 |
| 2009 | 14 | 49 |
| 2010 | 13 | 23 |
| 2011 | 26 | 32 |
| 2012 | 27 | 44 |
| 2013 | 24 | 46 |
| 2014 | 27 | 58 |
| 2015 | 39 | 36 |
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| 2017 | 57 | 45 |
| 2018 | 31 | 61 |
| 2019 | 49 | 45 |
| 2020 | 59 | 59 |
| 2021 | 46 | 88 |
| 2022 | 43 | 118 |
| 2023 | 57 | 77 |
| 2024 | 67 | 79 |
| 2025 | 82 | 82 |
| 2026 | 63 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Blower assembly for minimizing pressure loss in an appliance22 Sep 2026US 12,742,280 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Clothes care apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,735,827 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Flexible lint filter for a heat pump dryer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308831 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Self-cleaning system for a heat pump dryer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308834 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Washing machine with drying function1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297829 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Clothes care apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297835 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Clothing treatment apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297836 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat pump clothes dryer116US 7,055,262 B2Self Propelled Research and Development Specialists, LLC · 2006
- Energy efficient clothes dryer100US 4,621,438 A1986
- Nebulizer system for a fabric treatment appliance94US 7,921,578 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2011
- Heat pump closed loop drying80US 4,603,489 A1986
- Rotatable, non-tumbling drying rack72US 4,109,397 AFedders Corporation · 1978