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  4. /Y10T · Technical subjects covered by former us classification
  5. /Y10T 70/00 · Locks
  6. /Y10T 70/80 · Parts, attachments, accessories and adjuncts
  7. /Y10T 70/8027 · Condition indicators
  8. /Y10T 70/8189
Y10T 70/8189

Contactual feeler

Y10T70/8189 (Contactual feeler) appears on 12 US grants and 3 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification
  4. Y10T 70/00Locks
  5. Y10T 70/80Parts, attachments, accessories and adjuncts
  6. Y10T 70/8027Condition indicators
  7. Y10T 70/8189Contactual feeler
Granted patents
12
Published applications
3
Assignees
3
Inventors
12
Latest grant
18 Sep 2012

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10T 70/8189: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
198110
198200
198300
198410
198510
198600
198700
198800
198900
199000
199110
199200
199300
199400
199510
199600
199720
199810
199910
200000
200100
200200
200311
200400
200500
200600
200700
200800
200900
201001
201101
201220

1981199120012012

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Apparatus and method for electronic lock key indicator18 Sep 2012US 8,269,644 B2
  • Ignition module with multi-beam spring3 Jul 2012US 8,210,008 B2Lear Corporation
  • Locked/unlocked indicator for a key10 Jun 2003US 6,575,005 B1
  • Braille and Arabic memory key and lock14 Dec 1999US 6,000,258 A
  • Tactile dial7 Jul 1998US 5,775,252 A
  • Apparatus and method for electronic lock key indicator5 May 2011US 2011/0100076 A1
  • Ignition module with multi-beam spring11 Feb 2010US 2010/0031718 A1Lear Corporation
  • Locked/unlocked indicator fo a key26 Jun 2003US 2003/0115918 A1

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Lock condition indicator device23US 5,595,080 A1997
  • Lock position indicator22US 4,440,011 A1984
  • Locked/unlocked indicator for a key20US 6,575,005 B12003
  • Key locking indicator19US 5,435,160 A1995
  • Braille and Arabic memory key and lock14US 6,000,258 A1999

Top assignees

Documents
  • HHartwell Corporation2
  • Lear Corporation2
  • SLSchlage Lock Company LLC1

Often classified with

  • E05BLocks13
  • Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests5
  • B60RVehicle fittings and parts2
  • G07CTime or attendance registers1
  • G09BEducational or demonstration appliances1
  • G09FDisplaying1

Documents that also carry the other class.

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