E05B 77/12
Automatic locking or unlocking at the moment of collision
E05B77/12 (Automatic locking or unlocking at the moment of collision) appears on 201 US grants and 166 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 201
- Published applications
- 166
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 421
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automatically-deactivated child safety lock system19 May 2026US 12,631,052 B1
- Motor vehicle with a locking system12 May 2026US 12,624,579 B2Kiekert AG
- Acoustic improvements in vehicle using electromagnetically latched liftgate21 Apr 2026US 12,607,045 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Closure latch assembly with crash unlock mechanism using single electric motor3 Feb 2026US 12,540,494 B2Magna Closures Inc.
- Method of controlling electric latch for door of vehicle6 Jan 2026US 12,516,555 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle collision activating escape device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297986 A1
- Leaf Element for a Vehicle, in Particular for a Motor Vehicle, and Vehicle17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275774 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Motor vehicle locking device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243111 A1Kiekert AG
- Vehicle door control method and apparatus, electronic device, vehicle and readable storage medium16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200424 A1Geely Automobile Research Institute (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
- Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168294 A1Kiekert AG
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
- Motor vehicle door handle assembly80US 6,241,294 B1ADAC Plastics, Inc. · 2001
- Motor vehicle door lock or the like73US 6,050,117 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 2000
- Device for unlocking doors69US 5,992,194 AVDO Adolf Schindling AG · 1999