F24C 15/022
Latches
Official title: {Latches}
F24C15/022 (Latches) appears on 212 US grants and 221 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24C- Granted patents
- 212
- Published applications
- 221
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 469
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 12 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12 |
| 2008 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 |
| 2019 | 3 | 14 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12 |
| 2021 | 10 | 11 |
| 2022 | 14 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 20 |
| 2024 | 10 | 19 |
| 2025 | 13 | 23 |
| 2026 | 14 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cooking oven with a door having reduced temperature during use1 Sep 2026US 12,727,061 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Lock structure and cooking appliance25 Aug 2026US 12,714,255 B2Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Cooking appliance25 Aug 2026US 12,716,593 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Mechanism for a door of an electrical household appliance18 Aug 2026US 12,709,927 B2emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Automatic primary latch mechanism18 Aug 2026US 12,710,179 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Heating cooker8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309338 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Cooking apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235297 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Door latch device and cooking apparatus having same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227074 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Cooking appliance and controlling method thereof30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218913 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- An appliance9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194238 A1Breville Pty Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Child-safe door latching system for a cooking appliance83US 6,730,882 B2Maytag Corporation · 2004
- Motorized self-cleaning oven latch40US 6,315,336 B1Summit Manufacturing, Inc. · 2001
- Oven door latch38US 4,351,288 AWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc. · 1982
- Latch mechanism for an oven door37US 4,163,443 APreway Inc. · 1979
- Cooking apparatus, door latching construction therefor and methods of making the same36US 4,927,996 ARobertshaw Controls Company · 1990