F03G 7/012
Electro-chemical actuators
Official title: {Electro-chemical actuators}
F03G7/012 (Electro-chemical actuators) appears on 233 US grants and 265 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
- 233
- Published applications
- 265
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 563
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for generating kinetic energy with a thermochemical engine20 Jan 2026US 12,528,063 B2King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Compact actuators, electrically programmable microscale surface oxide memory actuators and related robotic devices30 Dec 2025US 12,508,702 B2Cornell University
- Soft actuator having cooler, wearable robot having the same, massage device having the same, and method for controlling the same9 Dec 2025US 12,491,626 B2Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
- Apparatus and method for maintaining gas pressure in an electrolyzer using an electric generator configured to capture kinetic energy of electrolysis products18 Nov 2025US 12,473,838 B2Marine Dolphin Enterprises, LLC
- Shape memory polymer integrated cushion upholstery using artificial muscles technology7 Oct 2025US 12,434,844 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Medicalimagingcompatibleradiolucentactuationofarticulating roboticmusculature13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345138 A1
- Electroactive-gel-based shape transformation module and assembly2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305487 A1Seoul National University R&Db Foundation
- Actuator comprising electrically conductive porous material2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305488 A1HydroGraph Clean Power Inc.
- Electrochemical actuators and actuator arrays28 Aug 2025US 2025/0270988 A1Insulet Corporation
- Actuator comprising electrically conductive porous material14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257720 A1HydroGraph Clean Power Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conducting polymer actuator1,732US 6,249,076 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2001
- Electronically activated capture device1,383US 7,063,671 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2006
- Soft actuators and artificial muscles184US 6,109,852 AUniversity of New Mexico · 2000
- Actuators using double-layer charging of high surface area materials139US 6,555,945 B1AlliedSignal Inc. · 2003
- Fluidic lens with reduced optical aberration136US 8,605,361 B2Holochip Corporation · 2013