Y10T 403/472
Including mechanical interlock
Official title: including mechanical interlock
Y10T403/472 (Including mechanical interlock) appears on 281 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 281
- Published applications
- 144
- Assignees
- 186
- Inventors
- 475
- Latest grant
- 5 Aug 2025
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 4 | 9 |
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| 2010 | 5 | 8 |
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| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Resistance welding fastener, apparatus and methods14 May 2024US 11,984,691 B2Howmet Aerospace Inc.
- Fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece9 Jan 2024US 11,867,223 B2Brijjit Medical, Inc.
- Component fastening structure8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009414 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Resistance welding fastener, apparatus and methods29 Aug 2024US 2024/0291174 A1Howmet Aerospace Inc.
- Fixation device for securing a linear element to a workpiece28 Mar 2024US 2024/0102499 A1Brijjit Medical, Inc.
- Electrically insulated shaft coupling22 Sep 2022US 2022/0299066 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Joint structure and assembly method for same2 Jun 2022US 2022/0169359 A1Ihi Aerospace Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
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- Cushioned handle structure for personal care appliances92US 4,837,892 AConair Corporation · 1989