B81B 7/0003
Mems mechanisms for assembling automatically hinged components, self-assembly devices
Official title: {MEMS mechanisms for assembling automatically hinged components, self-assembly devices (self-assembly processes B81C1/00007)}
B81B7/0003 (Mems mechanisms for assembling automatically hinged components, self-assembly devices) appears on 33 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B81B- Granted patents
- 33
- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 82
- Latest grant
- 11 Nov 2025
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Mems platform for thin film nanomechanics characterization11 Nov 2025US 12,469,673 B2Carnegie Mellon University
- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switch and related methods21 Jan 2025US 12,202,723 B2Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Rotatable micromirror with improved shock and vibration performance15 Aug 2023US 11,726,312 B2AG Microsystems, Inc.
- Out-of-plane hinge for micro and nanoelectromechanical systems with reduced non-linearity13 Jun 2023US 11,674,344 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Inertial measurement device30 May 2023US 11,662,207 B2Safran Electronics & Defense
- Mems platform for thin film nanomechanics characterization15 Jun 2023US 2023/0187167 A1Carnegie Mellon University
- Distance measurement apparatus, angle-of-view control method, and computer-readable recording medium storing program29 Dec 2022US 2022/0411258 A1Fujitsu Limited
- Micromirror with improved shock and vibration performance8 Dec 2022US 2022/0390741 A1AG Microsystems, Inc.
- Microelectromechanical systems (mems) switch and related methods24 Nov 2022US 2022/0371882 A1Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Method of assembling mobile micro-machines and a mobile micro-machine27 Oct 2022US 2022/0340414 A1Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-assemblying micro-mechanical device43US 5,994,159 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1999
- Self positioning, passive MEMS mirror structures27US 6,299,462 B1Xerox Corporation · 2001
- Micro-electro-mechanical optical device18US 6,300,619 B1Agere Systems Optoelectronics Guardian Corp. · 2001
- Structure for an optical switch on a substrate18US 6,504,643 B1Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Method for assembly of microelectromechanical systems using magnetic actuation15US 6,166,478 AThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2000