E05B 77/42
Means for damping the movement of lock parts
Official title: Means for damping the movement of lock parts, e.g. slowing down the return movement of a handle (E05B77/38 takes precedence)
E05B77/42 (Means for damping the movement of lock parts) appears on 88 US grants and 97 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 97
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 182
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Door lock device for vehicle28 Aug 2025US 2025/0270862 A1Aisin Corporation
- Inertial safety system for a vehicle door handle30 Jan 2025US 2025/0034913 A1Minebea Accesssolutions Italia S.P.A.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Access system for a vehicle67US 6,698,262 B2Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG · 2004
- External door handle for vehicles46US 6,712,409 B2Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG · 2004
- Fluid-damped automotive door latch actuator41US 5,743,575 AADAC Plastics, Inc. · 1998
- Motor vehicle door handle assembly41US 6,264,257 B1ADAC Plastics, Inc. · 2001
- Door handle for motor vehicles with damping element29US 5,092,642 AMercedes-Benz AG · 1992