E05B 49/00
Electric permutation locks
Official title: Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor {; Mechanical aspects of electronic locks; Mechanical keys therefor (arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; mechanisms including electronic locks actuated by nonmechanical keys such as passive and active electrical keys and other data carriers G07C9/00, G07F7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00)}
E05B49/00 (Electric permutation locks) appears on 528 US grants and 519 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Electronic locking system with mechanical override and keyless locking system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,917 B2Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
- Door lock assembly9 Jun 2026US 12,650,031 B2Mighton Products Limited
- Variable frequency drives - keypad adaptor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301496 A1Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
- Electronic lock core replacement methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250982 A1KNOX Associates, dba Knox Company
- Disc collection and return system and methods performing the same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245414 A1
- Safety box30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218562 A1Shenzhen Lingyue Chuangxiang Technology Co., Ltd.
- Catch mechanism to secure door lock frame cover9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193912 A1Hampton Products International Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Managing electronic keys118US 8,943,187 B1MicroStrategy Incorporated · 2015
- Lock system109US 4,838,052 ASegwill Corp. · 1989
- Self-locking electronic lock109US 5,033,282 ALa Gard, Inc. · 1991
- Switch and lock activating system and method108US 4,354,189 A1982
- Weapon control system and method98US 4,488,370 A1984