E05B 81/66
The bolt position, i.e. the latching status
Official title: the bolt position, i.e. the latching status
E05B81/66 (The bolt position, i.e. the latching status) appears on 256 US grants and 295 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 256
- Published applications
- 295
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 546
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 20 | 14 |
| 2026 | 12 | 15 |
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
- Lock for a motor vehicle, in particular hood or hinged-panel lock15 Sep 2026US 12,735,920 B2Kiekert AG
- Lock for a motor vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,729,570 B2Kiekert AG
- Compartment door latch4 Aug 2026US 12,698,653 B2Bauer Products, Inc.
- Latch system with actuator, position sensor, or actuator and position sensor26 May 2026US 12,637,882 B2Southco, Inc.
- Vehicle inlet port door actuation23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210161 A1MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B. V.
- Lock device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176894 A1HI-LEX ACT Corporation
- Latch for automotive vehicle with claw position detection25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176896 A1Minebea AccessSolutions France
- Vehicle door latch equipment and associated vehicle door28 May 2026US 2026/0146481 A1Minebea AccessSolutions France
- Vehicle door latch, associated vehicle door and associated method28 May 2026US 2026/0146482 A1Minebea AccessSolutions France
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electric door lock system77US 4,762,348 AOhi Seisakusho Co., Ltd. · 1988
- Door lock apparatus with automatic door closing mechanism77US 5,618,068 AMitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Process for triggering an electrically actuated motor vehicle door lock or the like75US 5,901,991 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 1999
- Device for unlocking doors69US 5,992,194 AVDO Adolf Schindling AG · 1999
- Power-closing motor-vehicle door latch61US 6,659,515 B2Kiekert AG · 2003