B06B 1/0666
Used as a diaphragm
Official title: {used as a diaphragm}
B06B1/0666 (Used as a diaphragm) appears on 124 US grants and 147 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B06B- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 147
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 314
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17 |
| 2020 | 9 | 19 |
| 2021 | 7 | 21 |
| 2022 | 14 | 20 |
| 2023 | 16 | 10 |
| 2024 | 16 | 15 |
| 2025 | 19 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for manufacturing ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic transducer, and distance measuring equipment11 Aug 2026US 12,703,006 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- MEMS ultrasonic transducer device with improved damping of the oscillations of a membrane of the same, and manufacturing process of the same7 Jul 2026US 12,673,347 B2STMicroelectronics S,r.l.
- Micromechanical component, sound transducer device, and method for producing a micromechanical component12 May 2026US 12,628,566 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Subcutaneous and continuous blood pressure monitoring21 Apr 2026US 12,605,136 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Semiconductor device with transducer and method for forming the same21 Apr 2026US 12,605,740 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Ultrasonic transducer, method for operating an ultrasonic transducer, and method for measuring distance8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309868 A1
- Semiconductor device with transducer and semiconductor system having the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264109 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Membrane for a vibrating mesh module9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192060 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Micromachined ultrasound transducers having multiple resonant cavities2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183795 A1Exo Imaging, Inc.
- Haptic actuator2 Jul 2026US 2026/0190862 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Micromechanical ultrasonic transducers and display59US 9,815,087 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2017
- Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer and process49US 10,478,858 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2019
- Piezoelectric transducer unit and hydrophone assembly35US 3,970,878 ATeledyne Exploration Company · 1976
- Rate of ascent monitor using piezoelectric transducer32US 4,820,953 A1989
- Marine hydrophone21US 5,136,549 ATeledyne Exploration Company · 1992