E05B 81/64
Monitoring or sensing
Official title: Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors
E05B81/64 (Monitoring or sensing) appears on 1,373 US grants and 1,683 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 1,373
- Published applications
- 1,683
- Assignees
- 405
- Inventors
- 2,603
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 14 |
| 2002 | 25 | 23 |
| 2003 | 20 | 36 |
| 2004 | 24 | 40 |
| 2005 | 19 | 43 |
| 2006 | 31 | 33 |
| 2007 | 23 | 38 |
| 2008 | 16 | 30 |
| 2009 | 24 | 20 |
| 2010 | 17 | 38 |
| 2011 | 18 | 39 |
| 2012 | 18 | 38 |
| 2013 | 39 | 30 |
| 2014 | 40 | 38 |
| 2015 | 33 | 67 |
| 2016 | 37 | 84 |
| 2017 | 56 | 101 |
| 2018 | 66 | 126 |
| 2019 | 111 | 137 |
| 2020 | 117 | 122 |
| 2021 | 66 | 115 |
| 2022 | 111 | 128 |
| 2023 | 94 | 108 |
| 2024 | 104 | 97 |
| 2025 | 96 | 77 |
| 2026 | 72 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Latch assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,753,642 B2Minebea AccessSolutions France
- Method for activating a vehicle function and associated activation device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,303 B2Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
- Foundation systems29 Sep 2026US 12,747,586 B2GroundFORCE IP, LLC
- Vehicle door for a motor vehicle, in particular for a passenger car, and motor vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,742,346 B2Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Lock for a motor vehicle, in particular hood or hinged-panel lock15 Sep 2026US 12,735,920 B2Kiekert AG
- Vehicle door actuator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308950 A1Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
- Exterior Door Handle for Attachment to a Side Door of a Motor Vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308953 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Flush handle for vehicle door8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308954 A1Woobo Tech Co., Ltd.
- 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
Most cited
By later US patents
- Safety handle for trunk of vehicle208US 6,086,131 ADonnelly Corporation · 2000
- Safety release for a trunk of a vehicle206US 6,390,529 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2002
- Vehicle handle assembly with antenna134US 6,977,619 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2005
- User interface with child-lock feature125US 9,244,576 B1Cypress Semiconductor Corporation · 2016
- Capacitive proximity switch100US 7,205,777 B2Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG · 2007