B81B 3/007
For controlling stiffness
Official title: {For controlling stiffness, e.g. ribs}
B81B3/007 (For controlling stiffness) appears on 297 US grants and 356 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B81B- Granted patents
- 297
- Published applications
- 356
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 634
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 15 |
| 2008 | 8 | 6 |
| 2009 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 10 | 12 |
| 2011 | 9 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 4 | 15 |
| 2014 | 15 | 10 |
| 2015 | 11 | 24 |
| 2016 | 20 | 23 |
| 2017 | 20 | 19 |
| 2018 | 18 | 20 |
| 2019 | 18 | 14 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 |
| 2021 | 18 | 23 |
| 2022 | 12 | 16 |
| 2023 | 20 | 27 |
| 2024 | 13 | 15 |
| 2025 | 14 | 16 |
| 2026 | 12 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Microscale flexible strain sensor8 Sep 2026US 12,729,106 B2Carnegie Mellon University
- Movable device, MEMS device and optical scanning apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,730,301 B2Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
- Semiconductor device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,537 B2Infineon Technologies AG
- MEMS device and apparatus having such a MEMS device7 Jul 2026US 12,673,865 B2Infineon Technologies AG
- Method for manufacturing a low-noise electroacoustic transducer5 May 2026US 12,621,612 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Micromechanical component for a sensor device, microphone device and/or micro-loudspeaker device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250121 A1
- Acoustic devices with directional reinforcement23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209035 A1Skyworks Global Pte. Ltd.
- Semiconductor structure16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200723 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Micromechanical component for a capacitive sensor and/or actuator device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200724 A1
- Mems element for moving a mass element of an acoustic transducer for generating and/or receiving acoustic signals, and acoustic transducer having such a mems element2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189857 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microelectromechanical device having a stiffened support beam, and methods of forming stiffened support beams in MEMS294US 6,632,698 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. · 2003
- Microfabricated filter with specially constructed channel walls, and containment well and capsule constructed with such filters171US 5,798,042 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Micromachined capsules having porous membranes and bulk supports115US 5,770,076 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer(CMUT) with varying thickness membrane96US 7,615,834 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 2009
- Microbellows actuator91US 6,069,392 ACalifornia Institute of Technology · 2000