B06B 1/06
Operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction
Official title: operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction (piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices per se H10N30/00)
B06B1/06 (Operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction) appears on 4,120 US grants and 4,226 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B06B- Granted patents
- 4,120
- Published applications
- 4,226
- Assignees
- 1,472
- Inventors
- 7,043
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 38 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 29 | 0 |
| 1979 | 21 | 0 |
| 1980 | 33 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 33 | 0 |
| 1984 | 41 | 0 |
| 1985 | 28 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 43 | 0 |
| 1988 | 39 | 0 |
| 1989 | 47 | 0 |
| 1990 | 38 | 0 |
| 1991 | 54 | 0 |
| 1992 | 55 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1994 | 51 | 0 |
| 1995 | 47 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 40 | 0 |
| 1998 | 63 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 53 | 0 |
| 2001 | 48 | 18 |
| 2002 | 55 | 54 |
| 2003 | 65 | 66 |
| 2004 | 63 | 57 |
| 2005 | 38 | 67 |
| 2006 | 43 | 60 |
| 2007 | 40 | 70 |
| 2008 | 50 | 78 |
| 2009 | 34 | 76 |
| 2010 | 60 | 72 |
| 2011 | 46 | 71 |
| 2012 | 67 | 88 |
| 2013 | 63 | 146 |
| 2014 | 76 | 175 |
| 2015 | 106 | 223 |
| 2016 | 137 | 191 |
| 2017 | 167 | 271 |
| 2018 | 133 | 257 |
| 2019 | 216 | 288 |
| 2020 | 236 | 324 |
| 2021 | 194 | 323 |
| 2022 | 251 | 294 |
| 2023 | 316 | 266 |
| 2024 | 244 | 322 |
| 2025 | 240 | 230 |
| 2026 | 164 | 139 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic transducer module6 Oct 2026US 12,752,301 B2Qisda Corporation
- Ultrasonic motor having a plate-shaped vibrating body6 Oct 2026US 12,757,635 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for characterization of a ductile membrane, surface and sub-surface properties29 Sep 2026US 12,745,986 B2OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and operation method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,745,990 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparatus and display apparatus with enhanced vibration29 Sep 2026US 12,746,575 B2LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic transducer, method for operating an ultrasonic transducer, and method for measuring distance8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307106 A1
- Ultrasonic transducer, method for operating an ultrasonic transducer, and method for measuring distance8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309868 A1
- Ultrasonic-wave irradiation unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314265 A1Honda Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Cleaning Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296020 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Display apparatus and preparation method therefor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299695 A1Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Battery-powered hand-held ultrasonic surgical cautery cutting device1,174US 9,314,261 B2Covidien LP · 2016
- Piezoelectric biological sound monitor with printed circuit board1,136US 6,661,161 B1Andromed, Inc. · 2003
- Acoustic ablation760US 5,630,837 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1997
- Ultra-thin acoustic transducer and balloon catheter using same in imaging array subassembly688US 4,841,977 AInter Therapy, Inc. · 1989
- Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials and ablating tissue612US 5,840,031 ABoston Scientific Corporation · 1998