E05B 81/68
By sensing the position of the detent
Official title: by sensing the position of the detent
E05B81/68 (By sensing the position of the detent) appears on 80 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 106
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 204
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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