G08B 17/06
Electric actuation of the alarm
Official title: Electric actuation of the alarm, e.g. using a thermally-operated switch
G08B17/06 (Electric actuation of the alarm) appears on 520 US grants and 520 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
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- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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