B81B 5/00
Devices comprising elements which are movable in relation to each other
Official title: Devices comprising elements which are movable in relation to each other, e.g. comprising slidable or rotatable elements
B81B5/00 (Devices comprising elements which are movable in relation to each other) appears on 128 US grants and 167 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B81B- Granted patents
- 128
- Published applications
- 167
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 271
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 8 | 18 |
| 2015 | 7 | 15 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 20 |
| 2020 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021 | 15 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Battery cell and battery device having the same15 Sep 2026US 12,738,590 B2SK On Co., Ltd.
- Microelectromechanical drive for moving objects16 Jun 2026US 12,655,015 B2Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Electromechanical system comprising capacitive measurement or actuation means19 May 2026US 12,634,636 B2Commissariat Al'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Electromechanical system comprising capacitive measurement or actuation means and a transmission shaft24 Feb 2026US 12,563,347 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Manufacturing method for graphite slider arrays23 Sep 2025US 12,421,107 B2Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen
- Designs and methods for maufacturing out-of-plane rotation stops for mems devices21 May 2026US 2026/0138866 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Micro-electromechanical system switch configured for high current and high power26 Jun 2025US 2025/0210282 A1Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Circuit breaker circuit with micro-electromechanical systems switch and isolation circuit26 Jun 2025US 2025/0210283 A1Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Circuit breaker circuitry with micro-electromechanical systems switch26 Jun 2025US 2025/0210295 A1Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Circuit breaker circuitry with hot switch protection26 Jun 2025US 2025/0210296 A1Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microfabricated elastomeric valve and pump systems619US 6,408,878 B1California Institute of Technology · 2002
- Method of making a microfabricated elastomeric valve294US 6,793,753 B2California Institute of Technology · 2004
- Photovoltaic device162US 5,738,731 ACrystal Device Corporation · 1998
- Microfabricated elastomeric valve and pump systems71US 7,169,314 B2California Institute of Technology · 2007
- Flexureless multi-stable micromirrors for optical switching69US 6,040,935 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 2000