F03G 7/0614
Using shape memory elements
Official title: {using shape memory elements}
F03G7/0614 (Using shape memory elements) appears on 1,172 US grants and 1,234 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,234
- Assignees
- 509
- Inventors
- 2,119
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 45 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- SMA actuator assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,753,742 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Systems and methods for a remote control actuator6 Oct 2026US 12,753,743 B2Trustees of Tufts College
- Electrically actuated valves6 Oct 2026US 12,753,849 B2Schukra Berndorf GmbH
- Actuator assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,724 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- 4D printed fan with optimized cooling29 Sep 2026US 12,747,736 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Apparatus utilizing shape-memory and self-assembly to plug relatively wide remote fractures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308440 A1The Penn State Research Foundation
- Shape Memory Alloy Bistable Actuator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286942 A1Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
- Passive cooling apparatus for cooling of immersion fluid and power conversion equipment including a shape-memory alloy heat engine and related systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287263 A1Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Actuator assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275968 A1Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Non-extrusion device using shape memory alloy for extending operational temperature range of seals10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266374 A1FMC Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method employing shape memory alloy491US 6,916,159 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2005
- Shape-memory alloy micro-actuator445US 5,061,914 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1991
- Apparatus for bending an insertion section of an endoscope using a shape memory alloy431US 4,930,494 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Thin film shape memory alloy and method for producing411US 4,864,824 AAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories · 1989
- Variable area nozzle for gas turbine engines driven by shape memory alloy actuators396US 6,318,070 B1United Technologies Corporation · 2001