E05B 77/04
Preventing unwanted lock actuation
Official title: Preventing unwanted lock actuation, e.g. unlatching, at the moment of collision
E05B77/04 (Preventing unwanted lock actuation) appears on 491 US grants and 565 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
- Vehicle door latch assembly with cable blocker15 Sep 2026US 12,735,918 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- 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
- Motor vehicle lock23 Jun 2026US 12,662,852 B2Kiekert AG
- Flush handle assembly for a vehicle door14 Apr 2026US 12,601,209 B2U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
- 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 door latch assembly with cable blocker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286747 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle door handle assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266100 A1Minebea Accesssolutions Italia S.P.A.
- Motor vehicle interior door handle assemblies with helical cam and/or inertia interlock3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258681 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Door handle assembly97US 6,042,159 AADAC Plastics, Inc. · 2000
- Motor vehicle door handle assembly80US 6,241,294 B1ADAC Plastics, Inc. · 2001
- Impact-safe motor-vehicle door latch72US 5,865,481 AKiekert AG · 1999
- Vehicle door handle68US 7,407,203 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2008
- Outside door handle automatic locking device for automobiles67US 5,669,642 AHyundai Motor Company · 1997