E05F 15/43
Responsive to disruption of energy beams
Official title: responsive to disruption of energy beams, e.g. light or sound
E05F15/43 (Responsive to disruption of energy beams) appears on 449 US grants and 478 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05F- Granted patents
- 449
- Published applications
- 478
- Assignees
- 240
- Inventors
- 931
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2004 | 20 | 33 |
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| 2024 | 16 | 28 |
| 2025 | 26 | 19 |
| 2026 | 11 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle door protection system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,933 B2Novelic Doo Beograd—Zvezdara
- System and method for safety management in roll-up doors18 Aug 2026US 12,709,936 B2Rytec Corporation
- Automatic control of vehicle access door21 Jul 2026US 12,687,062 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Moveable infrared curtain14 Jul 2026US 12,680,370 B2Bea SA
- Opening and closing body control device16 Jun 2026US 12,655,671 B2U-Shin Ltd.
- Method for monitoring a door system, monitoring unit and door controller6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226793 A1Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
- Door opener with falling door detection capability9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193917 A1Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
- Method for detecting an obstruction of an automatic door system as well as a detection unit18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168304 A1Assa Abloy Entrance System AB
- Trash Container Cover Control System and Method Thereof11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159311 A1Nine Stars (U.S.A.) Inc.
- Methods and systems to use displays and vehicle haptics for power door controls23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110209 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Vehicular component control systems and methods554US 6,442,465 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Telematics system503US 6,735,506 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2004
- Asset system control arrangement and method407US 7,663,502 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2010
- Monitoring using cellular phones263US 8,035,508 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2011