E04B 2001/1957
Details of connections between nodes and struts
Official title: {Details of connections between nodes and struts}
E04B2001/1957 (Details of connections between nodes and struts) appears on 418 US grants and 219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04B- Granted patents
- 418
- Published applications
- 219
- Assignees
- 187
- Inventors
- 582
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 12 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8 |
| 2017 | 13 | 25 |
| 2018 | 17 | 18 |
| 2019 | 24 | 29 |
| 2020 | 13 | 15 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022 | 19 | 16 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E04B 2001/196Screw connections with axis parallel to the main axis of the strutIndexing code124
- E04B 2001/1963Screw connections with axis at an angleIndexing code122
- E04B 2001/1966Formlocking connections other than screw connectionsIndexing code99
- E04B 2001/1972Welded or glued connectionIndexing code46
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital flexural materials134US 9,566,758 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2017
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- Hub and strut-endcap assembly for tent frame struts111US 4,637,748 AT. A. Pelsue Company · 1987