B06B 1/0618
Of piezo- and non-piezoelectric elements
Official title: {of piezo- and non-piezoelectric elements, e.g. 'Tonpilz'}
B06B1/0618 (Of piezo- and non-piezoelectric elements) appears on 160 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B06B- Granted patents
- 160
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 259
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Piezo actuator module for broadband-frequency haptic feedback14 Jul 2026US 12,678,826 B2Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
- Electroacoustic transducer array8 Apr 2025US 12,273,682 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Ultrasonic transducer having state monitoring function and ultrasonic cleaning device using the same28 Jan 2025US 12,208,427 B2Kaijo Corporation
- Ultrasonic transducer tissue selectivity14 Jan 2025US 12,193,697 B2Integra LifeSciences Enterprises, LLLP
- Ultrasonic transducer assembly for an ultrasonic surgical instrument11 Jun 2024US 12,004,769 B2Covidien LP
- Wide bandwidth dual-mode sonar transducer with controllable resonance frequencies23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110788 A1Amphenol (Maryland), Inc.
- Integrated modular multi-tone piezoelectric element driver and method of driving modular multi-tone piezoelectric element driver for pressure generation12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042118 A1Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
- Multi-stake underwater transducer and array28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269403 A1Microfine Materials Technologies Pte Ltd
- Ultrasonic transducer and method of manufacturing the same12 Sep 2024US 2024/0299981 A1Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic transducers and methods for preparing matching layers thereof29 Aug 2024US 2024/0286172 A1Wuhan United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasonic handpiece with multiple piezoelectric elements and heat dissipator551US 5,843,109 AAllergan, Inc. · 1998
- Ultrasonic transducer with improved compressive loading499US 6,491,708 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2002
- Methods and devices for controlling the vibration of ultrasonic transmission components405US 6,274,963 B1Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2001
- Broadband multi-resonant longitudinal vibrator transducer402US 4,633,119 AGould Inc. · 1986
- Electromechanical transducer device397US 5,371,429 AMisonix, Incorporated · 1994