E06B 9/78
For direct manual operation
Official title: for direct manual operation, e.g. by tassels, by handles
E06B9/78 (For direct manual operation) appears on 276 US grants and 328 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E06B- Granted patents
- 276
- Published applications
- 328
- Assignees
- 140
- Inventors
- 404
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 2 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 | 21 |
| 2016 | 13 | 17 |
| 2017 | 13 | 24 |
| 2018 | 14 | 22 |
| 2019 | 19 | 42 |
| 2020 | 11 | 17 |
| 2021 | 25 | 16 |
| 2022 | 15 | 21 |
| 2023 | 19 | 24 |
| 2024 | 18 | 31 |
| 2025 | 20 | 18 |
| 2026 | 8 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wand for a cord driven blind assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,632 B2Rollease Acmeda, Inc.
- Door lowering mechanism and method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,357 B2Overhead Door Corporation
- Dual-spring dual-rope roller blind controller15 Sep 2026US 12,735,942 B2Cottai Ltd.
- Blockout blind systems25 Aug 2026US 12,716,293 B2Commercialisation Express Pty Ltd
- Chain operation system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,943 B2Rollease Acmeda, Inc.
- Tensioner for an architectural-structure covering24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286773 A1Hunter Douglas Inc.
- Wand assembly for use with a retractable pull cord system in an architectural-structure covering6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226795 A1Hunter Douglas Inc.
- Dual-spring dual-rope roller blind controller16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201747 A1Cottai Ltd.
- Window shade with wands having function identifying indicia and method of use thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201748 A1Standard Textile Co., Inc.
- Blind drive device with direction switch18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168321 A1Sts C&B. Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bi-directional clutch114US 4,372,432 AGeneral Clutch Corporation · 1983
- Apparatus for opening and closing a window shade or the like71US 4,865,109 A1989
- Control and suspension system for a covering for architectural openings66US 6,289,964 B1Hunter Douglas Inc. · 2001
- Window shade roller assembly64US 4,223,714 A1980
- Sun shade52US 5,170,830 A1992