E06B 9/56 Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction > Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor
Classification Context
- Section:
- FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- Class:
- DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS, IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- Subclass:
- FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
Filing statistics
IPC E06B 9/56 belongs to the parent subclass E06B, which recorded 252,676 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 14,786 in 2013 to 24,359 in 2023 (+65%), peaking at 33,082 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class E06 are SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (1,398 applications), YKK AP (1,252 applications) and LIXIL CORPORATION (1,235 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- E06B 9/58 Guiding devices
- E06B 9/6 Spring drums operated only by closure members
- E06B 9/62 Counterweighting arrangements
- E06B 9/64 with lowerable roller
- E06B 9/66 with a roller situated at the bottom
- E06B 9/68 Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive
- E06B 9/78 for direct manual operation, e.g. by tassels, by handles
- E06B 9/8 Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling
- E06B 9/92 Means allowing the closures to be shifted out of the plane of the opening
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,398
- YKK AP 1,252
- LIXIL CORPORATION 1,235
- SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 1,133
- BUNKA SHUTTER COMPANY 839
- HUNTER DOUGLAS US 812
- SANKYOTATEYAMA 796
- SANWA SHUTTER CORPORATION 699
- VKR HOLDING DK 579
- VIEW US 557