E05B 81/16
Operating on locking elements for locking or unlocking action
Official title: operating on locking elements for locking or unlocking action
E05B81/16 (Operating on locking elements for locking or unlocking action) appears on 558 US grants and 588 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 558
- Published applications
- 588
- Assignees
- 173
- Inventors
- 879
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9 |
| 2002 | 12 | 16 |
| 2003 | 13 | 4 |
| 2004 | 12 | 14 |
| 2005 | 8 | 10 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 10 | 16 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8 |
| 2014 | 15 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 | 29 |
| 2016 | 14 | 32 |
| 2017 | 11 | 29 |
| 2018 | 11 | 53 |
| 2019 | 31 | 43 |
| 2020 | 41 | 42 |
| 2021 | 39 | 51 |
| 2022 | 42 | 39 |
| 2023 | 47 | 29 |
| 2024 | 37 | 24 |
| 2025 | 33 | 31 |
| 2026 | 20 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Motor vehicle lock8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308949 A1Kiekert AG
- Control arrangement for the operation of a motor vehicle locking system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286748 A1Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
- Door latch device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266104 A1U-Shin Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Central door-lock system for motor vehicles73US 4,364,249 AKiekert GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft · 1982
- Device for unlocking doors69US 5,992,194 AVDO Adolf Schindling AG · 1999
- Vehicle door latches65US 5,236,234 ARockwell Automotive Body Systems (UK) Ltd. · 1993
- Central vehicle door-lock system63US 4,342,209 AKiekert GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft · 1982
- Vehicle door latch61US 6,053,543 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 2000