F03G 7/062
Characterised by the activation arrangement
Official title: {characterised by the activation arrangement}
F03G7/062 (Characterised by the activation arrangement) appears on 230 US grants and 211 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 211
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Elastomer skins with embedded and unequally pre-loaded coated actuators25 Aug 2026US 12,716,401 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Optical system14 Apr 2026US 12,601,329 B2Actutek Corporation
- Hydrophobic twisted and coiled polymer actuators30 Dec 2025US 12,510,062 B2The University of Texas at Dallas
- 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
- Shape memory alloy heat pump13 May 2025US 12,298,450 B2Exergyn Ltd.
- Substrate comprising slots for holding optical components of a laser cavity6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229832 A1Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausenne (EPFL)
- Shape memory alloy heat pump with valve assembly and fluid storage volume23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210591 A1Exergyn Ltd.
- Actuator and actuator drive method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177041 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Elastomer Skins with Embedded and Unequally Pre-Loaded Coated Actuators12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043391 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Control device, endoscope system, and power control method for endoscope system20 Mar 2025US 2025/0089982 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method employing shape memory alloy491US 6,916,159 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2005
- Distributed activator for a two-dimensional shape memory alloy192US 5,941,249 A1999
- Method and apparatus for spatially orienting movable members using shape memory effect alloy actuator170US 4,790,624 AIdentechs Corporation · 1988
- Implantable fluid delivery device for basal and bolus delivery of medicinal fluids154US 6,416,495 B1Science Incorporated · 2002
- Heat-activated drug delivery system and thermal actuators therefor115US 5,222,362 A1993