H01F 7/124
By mechanical latch
Official title: by mechanical latch, e.g. detent
H01F7/124 (By mechanical latch) appears on 89 US grants and 57 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01F- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 57
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 183
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Two direction magnetically latching solenoid for appliance door lock2 Jun 2026US 12,644,310 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Retractable displays20 May 2025US 12,308,164 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Magnetic latching actuator18 Feb 2025US 12,230,440 B2S&C Electric Company
- Solenoid20 Aug 2024US 12,068,107 B2Tds Co. Ltd
- Actuator15 Aug 2023US 11,728,080 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Detent solenoid28 Aug 2025US 2025/0273375 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Locking system for releasably connecting two components of a system20 Feb 2025US 2025/0059997 A1Dresearch Fahrzeugelektronik GmbH
- Two direction magnetically latching solenoid for appliance door lock7 Nov 2024US 2024/0368920 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Magnetic latching actuator12 Jan 2023US 2023/0011724 A1S&C Electric Company
- Retractable displays29 Sep 2022US 2022/0308635 A1International Business Machines Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for automatically controlling transmission of light through a lens system141US 4,264,154 APolaroid Corporation · 1981
- Electromagnetic valve actuator103US 4,794,890 AMagnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company · 1989
- Electrically driven bistable mechanical actuator56US 6,836,201 B1Raytheon Company · 2004
- Bistable solenoid valve53US 5,599,003 AInterelektrik Ges. m.b.H. & Co. KG · 1997
- Automatic sprayer44US 4,184,612 A1980