E06B 9/32
Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor
Official title: Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor (operation of tilting bars E06B9/307)
E06B9/32 (Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor) appears on 1,840 US grants and 1,977 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E06B- Granted patents
- 1,840
- Published applications
- 1,977
- Assignees
- 490
- Inventors
- 1,941
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 38 | 8 |
| 2002 | 32 | 29 |
| 2003 | 48 | 47 |
| 2004 | 48 | 73 |
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| 2019 | 82 | 145 |
| 2020 | 109 | 74 |
| 2021 | 71 | 88 |
| 2022 | 66 | 85 |
| 2023 | 57 | 79 |
| 2024 | 60 | 83 |
| 2025 | 55 | 61 |
| 2026 | 35 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Operating device for a window covering29 Sep 2026US 12,747,629 B2Vako B.V.
- Preventative maintenance system and method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,356 B2Mechoshade Systems, LLC
- Intelligent automated motorized window treatment with increased energy efficiency and method of using same15 Sep 2026US 12,735,941 B2Mdc Interior Solutions, LLC
- Cordless spring-system curtain inspection device8 Sep 2026US 12,730,036 B2Mingyang Windeco Technology Corporation
- Chain operation system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,943 B2Rollease Acmeda, Inc.
- Controlling groups of electrical loads via multicast and/or unicast messages24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291768 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Remote control for a solar protection installation and solar protection installation as such17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275806 A1Somfy Activites SA
- Track system for use with an operating element in an architectural-structure covering17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275807 A1Hunter Douglas Inc.
- Motorized window covering arrangement10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266131 A1Dendo Systems Pty Ltd
- Blind coil spring structure and blind27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251013 A1Changshu High-Tech Energy-Saving Dorwin Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cordless, balanced venetian blind or shade with consistent variable force spring motor239US 5,482,100 ANewell Operating Company · 1996
- Automated shade control method and system234US 7,417,397 B2Mechoshade Systems, LLC · 2008
- Closed-loop, daylight-sensing, automatic window-covering system insensitive to radiant spectrum produced by gaseous-discharge lamps233US 6,084,231 A2000
- Motion control method and apparatus for motorized window blinds and and the like224US 5,170,108 ADaylighting, Inc. · 1992
- Motorized window treatment219US 8,950,461 B2Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 2015