B81B 2201/13
Mechanical connectors, i.e. not functioning as an electrical connector
B81B2201/13 (Mechanical connectors, i.e. not functioning as an electrical connector) appears on 23 US grants and 21 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B81B- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 21
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 76
- Latest grant
- 29 Apr 2025
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| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Method of adhering a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device to a flexible fabric substrate29 Apr 2025US 12,285,083 B2University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Hierarchical assembly of self-replicating spacecraft using distributed mechanisms and actuation in digital materials21 Feb 2023US 11,584,637 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Light module24 Jan 2023US 11,561,388 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Three-dimensional electromechanical adhesive devices and related systems and methods16 Feb 2021US 10,919,158 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Micro-nano tools with changeable tips for micro-NANO manipulation16 May 2017US 9,649,763 B2
- Microgrippers for Transferring Devices to Fibrous Surfaces18 Nov 2021US 2021/0353010 A1University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
- Light module13 Feb 2020US 2020/0049974 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Three-dimensional electromechanical adhesive devices and related systems and methods8 Aug 2019US 2019/0240845 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Hierarchical Assembly of Self-Replicating Spacecraft Using Distributed Mechanisms and Actuation in Digital Materials14 Mar 2019US 2019/0077030 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Droplet operations device22 Dec 2016US 2016/0370317 A9Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microfluidic devices for introducing and dispensing fluids from microfluidic systems235US 6,951,632 B2Fluidigm Corporation · 2005
- Formation of interconnections to microfluidic devices82US 6,599,436 B1Sandia Corporation · 2003
- Isolated tungsten microelectromechanical structures64US 5,399,415 ACornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 1995
- Micromachining method and micromachined structure42US 5,976,390 ASeiko Instruments Inc. · 1999
- Method for electrically and mechanically connecting microstructures using solder38US 6,893,885 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan · 2005