B06B 1/08
Operating with magnetostriction
Official title: operating with magnetostriction (magnetostrictive devices per se H10N30/00)
B06B1/08 (Operating with magnetostriction) appears on 107 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B06B- Granted patents
- 107
- Published applications
- 65
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 255
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic dental instruments, insert assemblies, and inserts with improved performance durability14 Apr 2026US 12,599,466 B2Paschke Ultrasonix LLC
- Ultrasound array transducer manufacturing8 Apr 2025US 12,269,063 B2Novosound Ltd
- Flexible tactile actuator18 Mar 2025US 12,251,730 B2Ck Materials Lab Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic force assisted painting system10 Sep 2024US 12,083,556 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Air layer for improved performance of transducer at low frequencies28 May 2024US 11,992,860 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Magnetostrictive position measurements based on longitudinal and torsional waves19 Jun 2025US 2025/0199106 A1Temposonics, Incorporated
- Embedded cooling systems for device packages and methods of cooling packaged devices3 Oct 2024US 2024/0332128 A1
- Device for transmitting mechanical vibrations to flowable media21 Sep 2023US 2023/0294133 A1
- Emat system for detecting surface and internal discontinuities in conductive structures at high temperature21 Sep 2023US 2023/0296566 A1Steelemat S.A R.L
- A system for monitoring flow of fluid through a pipeline14 Sep 2023US 2023/0288236 A1Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Iit Madras)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetostrictive transducer1,518US 4,986,808 AValleylab, Inc. · 1991
- Magnetostrictive actuator of a medical ultrasound transducer assembly, and a medical ultrasound handpiece and a medical ultrasound system having such actuator838US 8,487,487 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Apparatus and methods for vibratory intraluminal therapy employing magnetostrictive transducers270US 5,728,062 APharmasonics, Inc. · 1998
- Ultrasonic handpiece174US 5,242,385 ASurgical Design Corporation · 1993
- Ultrasonic transducer probe106US 4,289,139 ATokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1981