H04N 1/00554
Latches or hinges therefor
Official title: {Latches or hinges therefor}
H04N1/00554 (Latches or hinges therefor) appears on 268 US grants and 267 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 268
- Published applications
- 267
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 428
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 10 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 |
| 2011 | 13 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 | 5 |
| 2013 | 16 | 9 |
| 2014 | 14 | 17 |
| 2015 | 18 | 11 |
| 2016 | 21 | 27 |
| 2017 | 22 | 23 |
| 2018 | 14 | 16 |
| 2019 | 18 | 10 |
| 2020 | 11 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 10 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Document reading apparatus and image forming apparatus including hinge mechanism that supports a document conveyance unit3 Mar 2026US 12,568,177 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising a reading portion, a first cover, a second cover and holding mechanism configured to prevent the first cover from moving to a second closed position and hold the first cover in the second open position17 Jun 2025US 12,335,446 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sheet discharging apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus17 Jun 2025US 12,335,447 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Document cover closer and office equipment having the same18 Mar 2025US 12,256,509 B2Kem Hongkong Limited
- Image forming apparatus31 Dec 2024US 12,180,026 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197407 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus19 Mar 2026US 2026/0082004 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus26 Feb 2026US 2026/0059059 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Method for preventing cover of image forming apparatus from being inadvertently opened12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044107 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image recording apparatus20 Nov 2025US 2025/0358377 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Recording apparatus and ink cartridge72US 4,893,137 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Tilt hinge71US 5,894,633 AKatoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Portable image scanner having manual or automatic feed53US 5,644,663 ANisca Corporation · 1997
- Recording apparatus having an ink mist evacuation system49US 5,552,812 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Image forming apparatus, including a lock unit for preventing a reading unit and a platen cover from being opened simultaneously47US 6,510,301 B2Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003