E05B 15/08
Key guides
Official title: Key guides; Key pins {; Keyholes; Keyhole finders (E05B17/10 takes precedence)}
E05B15/08 (Key guides) appears on 50 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 50
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 78
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Key and key blanks operable in vertically and horizontally oriented keyways22 Sep 2026US 12,742,342 B2Assa Abloy High Security Group Inc.
- Electronic lock system3 Feb 2026US 12,540,491 B2
- Key and key blanks operable in vertically and horizontally oriented keyways3 Sep 2024US 12,077,983 B2Assa Abloy High Security Group Inc.
- Drawer lock device21 May 2024US 11,988,019 B2
- Mechanical object tracking system8 Aug 2023US 11,719,027 B2
- Electronic Rotational Lock System7 May 2026US 2026/0125932 A1
- Cylinder Lock With Secondary Locking Element Coupled to a Primary Pin Assembly19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198196 A1Assa Abloy High Security Group Inc.
- Key and key blanks operable in vertically and horizontally oriented keyways26 Dec 2024US 2024/0426134 A1Assa Abloy High Security Group Inc.
- Bolt lock device6 Jul 2023US 2023/0212888 A1
- Drawer lock device11 May 2023US 2023/0146303 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cylinder lock44US 6,155,090 AAssa AB · 2000
- Cylinder lock with changeable keyway34US 5,088,306 AMedeco Security Locks, Inc. · 1992
- Cylinder lock29US 4,478,061 ATaboola Pty. Limited · 1984
- Keys for cylinder locks26US 5,615,565 AMedeco Security Locks, Inc. · 1997
- Keys for cylinder locks22US 6,023,954 AMedeco Security Locks, Inc. · 2000