F03G 7/029
Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise
Official title: {characterised by the material or the manufacturing process, e.g. the assembly}
F03G7/029 (Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise) appears on 102 US grants and 121 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 121
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- Latest grant
- 9 Dec 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Light-stimuli responsive coordination polymer, and preparation and use thereof15 Feb 2024US 2024/0051973 A1Soochow University
- Unipolar artificial muscles and methods of use thereof11 May 2023US 2023/0141697 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conducting polymer actuator1,732US 6,249,076 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2001
- 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
- Spring-loaded polymeric gel actuators119US 5,389,222 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1995
- Embedded electroactive polymer structures for use in medical devices96US 7,951,186 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2011