E05B 81/21
With means preventing or detecting pinching of objects or body parts
Official title: {with means preventing or detecting pinching of objects or body parts}
E05B81/21 (With means preventing or detecting pinching of objects or body parts) appears on 87 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 184
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Closing device for a motor vehicle lock1 Sep 2026US 12,723,444 B2Kiekert AG
- Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock19 May 2026US 12,631,054 B2Kiekert AG
- Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock31 Mar 2026US 12,590,475 B2Kiekert AG
- Motor vehicle lock18 Nov 2025US 12,473,757 B2Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
- Motor control for powered closure with anti-pinch17 Jun 2025US 12,331,560 B2Trimark Corporation
- Starting an obstacle detection technique1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297987 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Real-time parameter based obstacle detection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297988 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Single cable power cinch and ice breaker latch16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103919 A1Magna Closures Inc.
- Motor vehicle lock arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103920 A1
- Electromotive drive unit for motor vehicle applications2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092478 A1Kiekert AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reversing apparatus for powered vehicle door systems103US 5,069,000 AMasco Industries, Inc. · 1991
- Power sliding mini-van door92US 6,125,583 AAtoma International Inc. · 2000
- Control apparatus for powered vehicle door systems80US 5,140,316 AMasco Industries, Inc. · 1992
- Power closure panel control apparatus78US 5,982,126 AAgile Systems Inc. · 1999
- Position encoder for sliding door power drive system74US 5,039,925 AITT Corporation · 1991