E05B 77/10
Allowing opening in case of deformed bodywork
Official title: Allowing opening in case of deformed bodywork, e.g. by preventing deformation of lock parts
E05B77/10 (Allowing opening in case of deformed bodywork) appears on 52 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 52
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 160
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
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| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Vehicle door structure27 May 2025US 12,311,743 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Striker assembly for closure latch in motor vehicles15 Apr 2025US 12,276,132 B2Magna BOCO GmbH
- Emergency opening device for a closure22 Oct 2024US 12,123,244 B2Nowak Innovations SpóLka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia
- Vehicle door assembly and mounting structure for a door handle27 Feb 2024US 11,913,261 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Door latch device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308944 A1U-Shin Ltd.
- Motor vehicle locking devices17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275779 A1Kiekert AG
- Motor vehicle lock30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218546 A1Kiekert AG
- Vehicle latch with secondary claw support and method for supporting claw of a vehicle latch23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110196 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002388 A1Kiekert AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Impact sensitive latch actuation link for vehicle door19US 8,701,817 B2Chrysler Group LLC · 2014
- Striker for vehicle door latch device17US 6,155,618 AMitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Lock arrangement for a vehicle sliding door14US 4,580,823 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1986
- Latch striker with integral back plate13US 6,692,046 B2Anchor Tool & Die Company · 2004
- Latch assembly11US 7,156,430 B2Tri/Mark Corporation · 2007