B06B 1/0688
With foil-type piezoelectric elements
Official title: {with foil-type piezoelectric elements, e.g. PVDF}
B06B1/0688 (With foil-type piezoelectric elements) appears on 412 US grants and 376 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B06B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 376
- Assignees
- 231
- Inventors
- 913
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 26 | 17 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of evaluating natural frequency of piezoelectric vibrator, method of driving transducer, signal transmitting/receiving device, and drive system16 Jun 2026US 12,656,211 B2Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Phononic circuit components24 Mar 2026US 12,586,558 B2The University of Queensland
- Anchor configurations for an array of ultrasonic transducers17 Mar 2026US 12,578,825 B2TDK Corporation
- Acoustic transducer and method of manufacturing10 Mar 2026US 12,569,884 B2DarkVision Technologies Inc.
- Micro vibration body having three-dimensional curved surface shape and method for manufacturing the same6 Jan 2026US 12,515,948 B2Denso Corporation
- Acoustic transducer and method of manufacturing25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175258 A1DarkVision Technologies Inc.
- Electronic device and method for identifying pressure on button4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153941 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Devices configured for near-field ultrasonic imaging19 Mar 2026US 2026/0080710 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Chip for ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic transducer, electronic device, and method for preparing chip12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070089 A1Huike (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd.
- Transparent fingerprint sensor29 Jan 2026US 2026/0030913 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Piezoelectric biological sound monitor with printed circuit board1,136US 6,661,161 B1Andromed, Inc. · 2003
- Short distance ultrasonic distance meter425US 5,483,501 AThe Whitaker Corporation · 1996
- Ultrasonic transducer array and manufacturing method thereof168US 5,423,220 AParallel Design, Inc. · 1995
- Ultrasonic transducer and method for using same155US 5,488,954 AGeorgia Tech Research Corporation · 1996
- Haptic feedback using composite piezoelectric actuator155US 8,390,594 B2Immersion Corporation · 2013