E04B 1/486
Shear dowels for wood
Official title: {Shear dowels for wood (E04B1/49 takes precedence)}
E04B1/486 (Shear dowels for wood) appears on 34 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04B- Granted patents
- 34
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 42
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Joint structure and building7 Oct 2025US 12,435,505 B2Sai Group Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Construction using bundled tube and threaded stepped dowels2 Sep 2025US 12,404,669 B2Miller Dowel Company
- Knife plate fastener15 Apr 2025US 12,276,100 B2Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
- Shear wall assembly28 May 2024US 11,993,927 B2Mercer Mass Timber LLC
- Construction using bundled tube and threaded stepped dowels19 Dec 2023US 11,846,096 B2Miller Dowel Company
- Coupled beam and beam-pillar connection structure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250942 A1Sekisui House, Ltd.
- Shear Wall Assembly2 Nov 2023US 2023/0349149 A1Mercer Mass Timber LLC
- Joint structure and building17 Aug 2023US 2023/0257991 A1Sai Group Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Construction using bundled tube and threaded stepped dowels13 Jul 2023US 2023/0220660 A1Miller Dowel Company
- Connection structure for glued laminated timber16 Mar 2023US 2023/0083082 A1Sekisui House, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for rigidly joining construction elements to one another76US 5,729,948 A1998
- Post and beam building37US 4,409,763 A1983
- Connector, method for connecting structural members with connector and connection structure between structural members34US 5,466,086 AHome Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Connector and method for connecting building structures using connector26US 6,120,207 AHome Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Beam-column connection structure of continued beam connection portion18US 8,511,033 B2Kanai Co., Ltd. · 2013