E06B 2009/285
Means for actuating a rod
Official title: {Means for actuating a rod (being tilt rod or lift rod)}
E06B2009/285 (Means for actuating a rod) appears on 114 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E06B- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 134
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 13 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Window blind30 Jun 2026US 12,669,012 B2Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Motorized slat angle adjustment mechanism for window blinds4 Nov 2025US 12,460,475 B2Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
- Slat tilt mechanism for window coverings26 Mar 2024US 11,939,813 B2Whole Space Industries LTD
- Blind control having a narrow profile drive1 Aug 2023US 11,713,620 B2
- Automated tilt wand controller for window blinds21 Mar 2023US 11,608,679 B2
- Drive device for vertical window blind18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240518 A1Lin Gwo Tsair Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Operating systems and rail assemblies for coverings for architectural structures and related coverings4 Apr 2024US 2024/0110439 A1Hunter Douglas Inc.
- Window blind21 Sep 2023US 2023/0295984 A1Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Impact resistant operable blind27 Jul 2023US 2023/0235623 A1Privacy Glass Solutions
- Slat tilt mechanism for window coverings13 May 2021US 2021/0140230 A1Whole Space Industries LTD
Most cited
By later US patents
- Head rail-mounted mini-blind actuator95US 5,391,967 AHarmonic Design, Inc. · 1995
- Window covering with head rail-mounted actuator79US 5,883,480 AHarmonic Desing, Inc. · 1999
- Head rail-mounted actuator for window coverings74US 6,433,498 B1Harmonic Design, Inc. · 2002
- Smart device position and orientation synchronization function70US 9,546,515 B22017
- Head rail-mounted actuator for window covering65US 6,060,852 AHarmonic Design, Inc. · 2000