H05K 5/0208
Interlock mechanisms
Official title: {Interlock mechanisms; Means for avoiding unauthorised use or function, e.g. tamperproof}
H05K5/0208 (Interlock mechanisms) appears on 512 US grants and 502 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 502
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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