E05F 1/06
Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by the weight
Official title: Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by the weight of the wing
E05F1/06 (Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by the weight) appears on 190 US grants and 120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05F- Granted patents
- 190
- Published applications
- 120
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 278
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 7 | 5 |
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| 2015 | 5 | 4 |
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| 2017 | 8 | 9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 |
| 2019 | 13 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hinge assembly and opening and closing device5 May 2026US 12,618,274 B2Hefe! Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
- Arrangements for closing access member, and access member systems14 Apr 2026US 12,601,213 B2Assa Abloy AB
- Switch hinge7 Apr 2026US 12,595,696 B2Component Hardware Group, Inc.
- Accessory positioning system for cable manager25 Nov 2025US 12,480,603 B2Chatsworth Products, Inc.
- Hinge mechanism10 Jun 2025US 12,326,024 B2Gang Gwo Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Hinge Assembly4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152985 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Refrigerator30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118045 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Refrigerator12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043598 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Gravity Hinge System for Use with Glass Doors25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389146 A1C. R. Laurence Co., Inc.
- Supporting rod component, vehicle door assembly, and vehicle2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305341 A1BYD Company Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gravity door hinge63US 4,631,777 ATakigen Seizou Co. Ltd. · 1986
- Deployment hinge59US 5,600,868 ASanta Barbara Research Center · 1997
- Refrigerator having double doors59US 9,448,004 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2016
- Refrigerator58US 9,568,238 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2017
- Self-closing hinge57US 4,215,449 AStandard Keil Hardware Manufacturing Co. · 1980