B29C 45/76
Measuring, controlling or regulating
Official title: Measuring, controlling or regulating {(measuring in general G01; controlling or regulating in general G05)}
B29C45/76 (Measuring, controlling or regulating) appears on 2,485 US grants and 2,645 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 2,485
- Published applications
- 2,645
- Assignees
- 902
- Inventors
- 4,077
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 32 | 0 |
| 1989 | 50 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 36 | 0 |
| 1992 | 25 | 0 |
| 1993 | 47 | 0 |
| 1994 | 35 | 0 |
| 1995 | 32 | 0 |
| 1996 | 54 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 46 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 21 |
| 2002 | 48 | 56 |
| 2003 | 68 | 84 |
| 2004 | 46 | 93 |
| 2005 | 44 | 62 |
| 2006 | 56 | 79 |
| 2007 | 58 | 78 |
| 2008 | 53 | 97 |
| 2009 | 47 | 72 |
| 2010 | 58 | 49 |
| 2011 | 48 | 55 |
| 2012 | 45 | 67 |
| 2013 | 34 | 69 |
| 2014 | 53 | 89 |
| 2015 | 68 | 100 |
| 2016 | 73 | 126 |
| 2017 | 66 | 110 |
| 2018 | 70 | 135 |
| 2019 | 93 | 126 |
| 2020 | 88 | 122 |
| 2021 | 117 | 198 |
| 2022 | 109 | 169 |
| 2023 | 113 | 178 |
| 2024 | 144 | 158 |
| 2025 | 120 | 145 |
| 2026 | 95 | 107 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 45/77Of velocity or pressure of moulding material682
- B29C 45/78Of temperature427
- B29C 45/80Of relative position of mould parts264
- B29C 45/766The setting or resetting of moulding conditions218
- B29C 45/82Hydraulic or pneumatic circuits203
- B29C 45/7653Mould clamping forces195
- B29C 45/768Detecting defective moulding conditions179
- B29C 45/7626The ejection or removal of moulded articles148
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- B29C 2045/7606Controlling or regulating the display unitIndexing code135
- B29C 45/7613The termination of flow of material into the mould112
- B29C 45/7693Using rheological models of the material in the mould105
- B29C 45/762The sequence of operations of an injection cycle97
- B29C 45/7686The ejected articles84
- B29C 45/7666Of power or energy72
- B29C 45/7646Viscosity55
Recent patents
- Injection molding machine and control device of injection molding machine22 Sep 2026US 12,741,407 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Molding management system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,739 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Systems and approaches for manufacturing parts1 Sep 2026US 12,722,334 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- System and method for monitoring injection molding process1 Sep 2026US 12,722,335 B2Emoldino Inc.
- Molding cycle stopping method, injection device, and injection molding machine25 Aug 2026US 12,715,164 B2The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
- Information processing device, injection molding system, injection molding machine, non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program, machine learning method, and inference model8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307313 A1Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Detection apparatus and mold including the detection apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295912 A1AzzurroDigitale Machine Integration S.r.l.
- Injection molding apparatus and injection unit1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295913 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Control method for injection molding machine, control method for manufacturing apparatus, manufacturing method for injection-molded product, and system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295914 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Injection molding machine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295915 A1Toyo Innovex Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Temperature sensor with processable front479US 7,789,559 B2Kistler Holding AG · 2010
- Method and apparatus for calibrating and controlling multiple heaters276US 5,280,422 AWatlow/Winona, Inc. · 1994
- System for monitoring temperature and pressure during a molding process222US 7,585,166 B22009
- Method and apparatus for controlling a mold melt-flow process using temperature sensors195US 6,649,095 B22003
- Injection molding gate flow control118US 5,556,582 AStanford University · 1996