E05B 49/006
Actuating opto-electronic devices
Official title: {actuating opto-electronic devices}
E05B49/006 (Actuating opto-electronic devices) appears on 121 US grants and 57 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 121
- Published applications
- 57
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 186
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
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| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electronic lock system3 Feb 2026US 12,540,491 B2
- Electronic sensor and key operated lock18 Jun 2024US 12,012,779 B1BenjiLock, LLC
- Lock housing device and key structure9 Jan 2024US 11,866,957 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Access control system and method2 May 2023US 11,639,617 B1The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
- Lock system with multifactor authentication18 Apr 2023US 11,629,525 B1
- Electronic Rotational Lock System7 May 2026US 2026/0125932 A1
- Electronic door lock with keypad3 Aug 2023US 2023/0243186 A1
- Lock housing device and key structure5 May 2022US 2022/0136282 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Electronic lock system2 Dec 2021US 2021/0372165 A1Last Lock Incorporated
- Systems for the aggregation of data with an electrically motorized vehicle4 Nov 2021US 2021/0339620 A1Superpedestrian, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Switch and lock activating system and method108US 4,354,189 A1982
- Weapon control system and method98US 4,488,370 A1984
- Switch and lock activating system and method71US 4,189,712 A1980
- Switch activating system and method65US 4,453,161 A1984
- Security system employing optical key shape reader62US 4,868,559 AUniversal Photonix, Inc. · 1989