B29C 66/951
By measuring or controlling the vibration frequency and/or the vibration amplitude of
Official title: {by measuring or controlling the vibration frequency and/or the vibration amplitude of vibrating joining tools, e.g. of ultrasonic welding tools}
B29C66/951 (By measuring or controlling the vibration frequency and/or the vibration amplitude of) appears on 569 US grants and 449 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 569
- Published applications
- 449
- Assignees
- 284
- Inventors
- 943
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 13 | 23 |
| 2003 | 21 | 17 |
| 2004 | 23 | 16 |
| 2005 | 5 | 23 |
| 2006 | 9 | 26 |
| 2007 | 7 | 23 |
| 2008 | 12 | 17 |
| 2009 | 9 | 16 |
| 2010 | 22 | 14 |
| 2011 | 13 | 9 |
| 2012 | 13 | 16 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 14 | 21 |
| 2015 | 20 | 18 |
| 2016 | 20 | 26 |
| 2017 | 16 | 23 |
| 2018 | 22 | 17 |
| 2019 | 15 | 20 |
| 2020 | 18 | 19 |
| 2021 | 22 | 17 |
| 2022 | 20 | 24 |
| 2023 | 14 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 66/9513Characterised by specific vibration frequency values or ranges395
- B29C 66/9516By controlling their vibration amplitude239
- B29C 66/9517Characterised by specific vibration amplitude values or ranges216
- B29C 66/9512By controlling their vibration frequency150
- B29C 66/9511By measuring their vibration frequency38
- B29C 66/9515By measuring their vibration amplitude29
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By later US patents
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- Capillary flow device522US 4,756,884 ABiotrack, Inc. · 1988
- Ultrasonic horn assembly with fused stack components397US 6,786,383 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2004