B25J 13/086
Proximity sensors
Official title: {Proximity sensors}
B25J13/086 (Proximity sensors) appears on 243 US grants and 312 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 243
- Published applications
- 312
- Assignees
- 183
- Inventors
- 761
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 25 | 19 |
| 2026 | 11 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Robot system, method for controlling robot system, method for manufacturing product using robot system, control program, and recording medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273732 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Force Sensing Module for Robotics with Integrated Orientation, Proximity Detection, and Human-in-the-Loop Control3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257342 A1Haply Robotics Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Hyperdexterous surgical system user interface devices238US 10,617,484 B2SRI International · 2020
- Driven shielding capacitive proximity sensor182US 5,166,679 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1992
- Distributed proximity sensor system having embedded light emitters and detectors181US 4,893,025 A1990
- Device for lifting at least one material stack89US 4,911,608 AB. A. T. Cigarettenfabriken · 1990
- Electronic warning and monitoring apparatus and electrode arrangement therefor78US 4,661,797 AGet Gesellschaft fur Elektroniktechnologie mbH · 1987