E05B 15/0046
Ratchet mechanisms
Official title: {Ratchet mechanisms}
E05B15/0046 (Ratchet mechanisms) appears on 112 US grants and 102 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 112
- Published applications
- 102
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 191
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Push-in-plunger-lock with securable housing cylinder3 Feb 2026US 12,540,486 B2
- Ratching latch with quick release mechanism6 Jan 2026US 12,516,546 B1AMD Design, LLC
- Retainer mechanism16 Dec 2025US 12,497,801 B2
- Electrical switch usable with wire wrap EAS tag9 Dec 2025US 12,494,117 B2Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
- Electronic lock mounting structure18 Nov 2025US 12,473,745 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Automatic lock1 May 2025US 2025/0137295 A1SmartRent Technologies, Inc.
- Apparatus to secure one or more electronic devices to a display table24 Apr 2025US 2025/0129883 A1OnQ Solutions, Inc.
- Push-inplunger-lock with securable housing cylinder6 Mar 2025US 2025/0075528 A1
- Novel spider electronic tag2 May 2024US 2024/0141701 A1Xuzhou Dragon Guard Industrial Co., Ltd
- Electronic lock mounting structure28 Mar 2024US 2024/0102314 A1MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Security device for a movable closure and method therefor62US 6,027,148 A2000
- Cowls and latching assemblies for cowls on outboard marine propulsion devices55US 9,580,947 B1Brunswick Corporation · 2017
- Key-releasable restraint54US 5,377,510 AThe McKinley Group · 1995
- Luggage strap with ratchet and lock53US 6,684,667 B2Zelco Industries, Inc. · 2004
- Security device47US 5,488,844 AWinner International Royalty Corporation · 1996