F16B 5/0012
A tongue on the edge of one sheet, plate or panel co-operating
Official title: {a tongue on the edge of one sheet, plate or panel co-operating with a groove in the edge of another sheet, plate or panel}
F16B5/0012 (A tongue on the edge of one sheet, plate or panel co-operating) appears on 238 US grants and 271 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 238
- Published applications
- 271
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 335
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 9 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 27 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 15 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 | 33 | 4 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11 |
| 2014 | 11 | 17 |
| 2015 | 16 | 9 |
| 2016 | 14 | 19 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 |
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| 2019 | 9 | 18 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 |
| 2021 | 10 | 18 |
| 2022 | 16 | 10 |
| 2023 | 14 | 17 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Modular system for building furniture using aluminium profiles12 May 2026US 12,622,514 B2
- Composed element and corner connection applied herewith21 Apr 2026US 12,607,216 B2Unilin BV
- Assembly-type car body and rail vehicle3 Feb 2026US 12,539,892 B2Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- Process for welding dissimilar materials with nested dovetails4 Nov 2025US 12,460,664 B2Battelle Memorial Institute
- Ceiling fan blade quick assembly structure22 Jul 2025US 12,366,252 B1Hoteck Inc.
- Retaining clip and clamping device for clamping and orienting a retaining clip of this type10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266319 A1Komax Taping GmbH & Co. KG
- Organizer wall panel assembly and mounting assembly9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191329 A12840629 Ontario Inc.
- Composed element and corner connection applied herewith9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194098 A1Unilin BV
- Fully assembled storage room18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168233 A1Zhejiang Shedex Industrial and Trading Co., Ltd.
- Reinforcing structure of toolshed18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168235 A1Zhejiang Shedex Industrial and Trading Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Floor panel with edge connectors696US 6,006,486 AUnilin Beheer B. V., besloten vennootschap · 1999
- Floor panel with edge connectors411US 6,490,836 B1Unilin Beheer B. V., besloten vennootschap · 2002
- Panel and fastening system for such a panel290US 7,451,578 B2Akzenta Paneele + Profile GmbH · 2008
- Mechanical locking system for panels and method of installing same280US 8,042,311 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2011
- Floor panels with edge connectors269US 7,040,068 B2Unilin Beheer B. V., besloten vennootschap · 2006