E05B 27/0017
Tumblers or pins
Official title: {Tumblers or pins}
E05B27/0017 (Tumblers or pins) appears on 162 US grants and 180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 162
- Published applications
- 180
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 224
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 11 |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 8 |
| 2014 | 11 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 15 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 12 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 | 11 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 11 |
| 2026 | 9 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cylinder lock and door6 Oct 2026US 12,753,634 B2LIXIL Corporation
- Key and key blanks operable in vertically and horizontally oriented keyways22 Sep 2026US 12,742,342 B2Assa Abloy High Security Group Inc.
- Lock cylinder with electronic key recognition2 Jun 2026US 12,644,308 B2Schlage Lock Company LLC
- Door lock with associated keys12 May 2026US 12,624,570 B2
- Cylinder lock and door5 May 2026US 12,618,265 B2LIXIL Corporation
- Rekeyable lock cylinder27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250983 A1
- Cylinder lock and door20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243105 A1LIXIL Corporation
- Sequential use cylinder lock assembly and method thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210158 A1
- Inverted blocker rack & pinion18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168284 A1dormakaba USA Inc.
- A lock and a method for manufacturing a key12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071465 A1Henry Squire & Sons Holdings Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cylinder lock and key assembly and hierarchical system therefor31US 5,943,890 AMedeco Security Locks, Inc. · 1999
- Cylinder lock27US 5,123,268 AMul-T-Lock Ltd. · 1992
- Locking apparatus26US 5,520,035 AMul-T-Lock Ltd. · 1996
- Rekeyable lock cylinder assembly with adjustable pin lengths26US 7,634,931 B2Newfrey LLC · 2009
- Pin tumbler lock25US 4,403,486 AKabushiki Kaisha Goal · 1983