E05F 15/42
Detection using safety edges
E05F15/42 (Detection using safety edges) appears on 1,039 US grants and 986 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05F- Granted patents
- 1,039
- Published applications
- 986
- Assignees
- 456
- Inventors
- 1,926
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 32 | 47 |
| 2025 | 37 | 32 |
| 2026 | 17 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E05F 15/43Responsive to disruption of energy beams449
- E05F 15/44Responsive to changes in electrical conductivity279
- E05F 15/46Responsive to changes in electrical capacitance146
- E05F 2015/483For detection during openingIndexing code109
- E05F 2015/487Fault detection of safety edgesIndexing code54
- E05F 15/48By transmission of mechanical forces52
- E05F 15/47Responsive to changes in fluid pressure40
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