F03G 6/002
Devices for producing mechanical power from solar energy: with expansion and contraction
Official title: {with expansion and contraction elements}
F03G6/002 (Devices for producing mechanical power from solar energy: with expansion and contraction) appears on 31 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 12 Aug 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Fluid circulating system42US 4,530,208 A1985
- Shape memory alloy actuators for aircraft landing gear18US 6,796,124 B2Emergency Warning Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Solar engine16US 3,984,985 ALaitram, L. L. C. · 1976
- Heat engine based on shape memory alloys16US 4,938,026 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1990
- Constant force spring actuator16US 6,129,181 A2000