E05D 11/1028
For maintaining the hinge in two or more positions
Official title: {for maintaining the hinge in two or more positions, e.g. intermediate or fully open}
E05D11/1028 (For maintaining the hinge in two or more positions) appears on 997 US grants and 890 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05D- Granted patents
- 997
- Published applications
- 890
- Assignees
- 486
- Inventors
- 1,704
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 21 | 28 |
| 2003 | 37 | 38 |
| 2004 | 26 | 56 |
| 2005 | 25 | 75 |
| 2006 | 48 | 65 |
| 2007 | 39 | 54 |
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| 2009 | 48 | 45 |
| 2010 | 27 | 37 |
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| 2019 | 36 | 28 |
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| 2021 | 32 | 42 |
| 2022 | 22 | 24 |
| 2023 | 30 | 12 |
| 2024 | 26 | 21 |
| 2025 | 16 | 23 |
| 2026 | 12 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E05D 11/105The maintaining means acting perpendicularly to the pivot axis507
- E05D 11/1078The maintaining means acting parallel to the pivot357
- E05D 11/1042The maintaining means being a cam and a torsion bar56
- E05D 2011/1035With circumferential and evenly distributed detents around the pivot-axisIndexing code49
Recent patents
- Retaining device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,011 B2Edscha Engineering GmbH
- Medium transport device and recording device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,015 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Pivot hinge and pivotal door leaf4 Aug 2026US 12,698,661 B2Fritsjurgens Holding B.V.
- Cable-less end gate for a vehicle21 Jul 2026US 12,687,058 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Rotation structure and electronic device21 Jul 2026US 12,687,897 B2Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
- Rotary Shaft Rotatable at Multiple Angle and Screen Apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266114 A1Shenzhen Xinshuo Technology Co., Ltd.
- Cover panel system for vehicular lighting and camera-based vision system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249777 A1Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
- Simplified Hinge Structure20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243121 A1
- Simplified Hinge Structure20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243297 A1
- Assembly configured to operate as a hinge and door check for motor vehicle21 May 2026US 2026/0138685 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pivotable docking station for use with notepad computer systems191US 5,436,792 ACompaq Computer Corporation · 1995
- Flexible hinge and removable attachment186US 8,498,100 B1Microsoft Corporation · 2013
- Wet-wipe container having a hinged cover143US 6,092,690 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 2000
- Multipurpose hinge apparatus for foldable telephones100US 4,897,873 AMotorola, Inc. · 1990
- Flexible hinge support layer98US 8,724,302 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2014