E05B 77/02
Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes: for accident situations
Official title: for accident situations
E05B77/02 (Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes: for accident situations) appears on 843 US grants and 923 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 843
- Published applications
- 923
- Assignees
- 264
- Inventors
- 1,489
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 14 | 21 |
| 2003 | 15 | 16 |
| 2004 | 18 | 14 |
| 2005 | 9 | 22 |
| 2006 | 17 | 35 |
| 2007 | 21 | 28 |
| 2008 | 14 | 15 |
| 2009 | 21 | 24 |
| 2010 | 14 | 28 |
| 2011 | 10 | 36 |
| 2012 | 18 | 30 |
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| 2015 | 37 | 61 |
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| 2018 | 43 | 55 |
| 2019 | 54 | 59 |
| 2020 | 55 | 51 |
| 2021 | 40 | 44 |
| 2022 | 52 | 42 |
| 2023 | 52 | 44 |
| 2024 | 37 | 32 |
| 2025 | 43 | 39 |
| 2026 | 17 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle door latch assembly with cable blocker15 Sep 2026US 12,735,918 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle having retractable rear gate1 Sep 2026US 12,722,459 B2Fisker IP/Austria Assets Trust
- Lock holder for a motor vehicle locking device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,922 B2Kiekert AG
- Lock striker for a motor vehicle door lock4 Aug 2026US 12,698,651 B2Kiekert AG
- Door latch device30 Jun 2026US 12,669,001 B2HI-LEX ACT Corporation
- Door latch device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308944 A1U-Shin Ltd.
- Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308947 A1Kiekert AG
- Motor vehicle latch1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297984 A1Kiekert AG
- Vehicle hood latch with active pedestrian protection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297985 A1Magna Closures Inc.
- Vehicle collision activating escape device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297986 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Central locking system for an automotive vehicle with structurally identical door locks134US 5,802,894 AKiekert AG · 1998
- Collision detection system with safety devices104US 4,381,829 ARegie Nationale des Usines Renault · 1983
- Door handle assembly97US 6,042,159 AADAC Plastics, Inc. · 2000
- Motor vehicle door handle assembly80US 6,241,294 B1ADAC Plastics, Inc. · 2001
- Process for triggering an electrically actuated motor vehicle door lock or the like75US 5,901,991 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 1999