E05D 11/04
Relating to the use of free balls as bearing-surfaces
Official title: relating to the use of free balls as bearing-surfaces (E05D7/06 takes precedence)
E05D11/04 (Relating to the use of free balls as bearing-surfaces) appears on 59 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05D- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 109
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
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| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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| 2013 | 6 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 6 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
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- Direct swing leaf actuator25 Feb 2025US 12,234,679 B2Dormakaba Deutschland GmbH
- Multi-joint link hinge and refrigerator including the same12 Nov 2024US 12,140,369 B2Eptech Co., Ltd.
- Machine for treating waste with a perfected closing system of the loading opening of the treatment cell13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233269 A1Ompeco S.r.l.
- Multi-joint link hinge and refrigerator including the same23 Jan 2025US 2025/0027708 A1Eptech Co., Ltd.
- Flap28 Nov 2024US 2024/0392618 A1Molteni & C. S.p.A.
- Direct swing leaf actuator22 Jun 2023US 2023/0193681 A1Dormakaba Deutschland GmbH
- Split hinge14 Jul 2022US 2022/0220785 A1ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc.
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