B25J 9/126
Rotary actuators
Official title: {Rotary actuators}
B25J9/126 (Rotary actuators) appears on 528 US grants and 672 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 528
- Published applications
- 672
- Assignees
- 309
- Inventors
- 1,364
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 65 | 64 |
| 2024 | 63 | 42 |
| 2025 | 43 | 61 |
| 2026 | 32 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Actuator and robot6 Oct 2026US 12,752,443 B2Fanuc Corporation
- Security robot having fire extinguisher mounted thereon29 Sep 2026US 12,746,687 B2Seorobotics Co., Ltd.
- Humanoid robot with advanced wiring assembly15 Sep 2026US 12,734,717 B2Figure Ai Inc.
- Method for controlling an output shaft in a drive unit8 Sep 2026US 12,728,528 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Rotary actuator unit, and joint unit for robot or heavy equipment provided with same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,759 B2Man-Machine Synergy Effectors, Inc.
- Robot machining apparatus, robot arm, and machining method using the robot machining apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307278 A1Sugino Machine Limited
- Visual servo tracking method for robotic arm, device, medium, product, and robot1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295850 A1Taizhou University
- Apparatus for transferring substrate in vacuum chamber10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264223 A1T-Robotics Co., Ltd.
- Drive device, joint device, and gripping device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264224 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Humanoid robot with advanced kinematics10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264225 A1Figure Ai Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motion scaling tele-operating system with force feedback suitable for microsurgery443US 5,382,885 AThe University of British Columbia · 1995
- Robotic arm systems174US 4,954,952 ATRW Inc. · 1990
- Robot and robot actuator module therefor135US 5,355,743 AThe University of Texas at Austin · 1994
- Motorized rotary joint and method of constructing a modular robot utilizing same120US 5,293,107 AFANUC Robotics North America, Inc. · 1994
- Robot assembly118US 5,447,409 AAPPLIED Materials.Inc. · 1995