F15B 21/065
Use of electro- or magnetosensitive fluids
Official title: {Use of electro- or magnetosensitive fluids, e.g. electrorheological fluid}
F15B21/065 (Use of electro- or magnetosensitive fluids) appears on 77 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F15B- Granted patents
- 77
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 154
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2017 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) transducers10 Feb 2026US 12,546,342 B2The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Artificial muscle assemblies including a central artificial muscle and a plurality of initiating actuators15 Jul 2025US 12,362,684 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- High strain peano hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) transducers13 May 2025US 12,297,851 B2The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Magnetorheological fluid valve and variable manufacturing mold22 Apr 2025US 12,280,524 B2Shoreline Design & Manufacturing LLC
- Artificial muscles comprising an electrode pair and artificial muscle assemblies including same4 Mar 2025US 12,241,490 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Integrated hydro-electric actuation and thermal management system with distributed electrolytic energy storage4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151899 A1
- Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic (hasel) transducers20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354571 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Magnetorheological fluid valve and variable manufacturing mold24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236051 A1Shoreline Design & Manufacturing LLC
- Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuator22 May 2025US 2025/0163942 A1Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Artificial muscle assemblies including a central artificial muscle and a plurality of initiating actuators13 Jun 2024US 2024/0195327 A1Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable magneto-rheological fluid device103US 5,956,951 AMR Technologies · 1999
- Downhole actuation system utilizing electroactive fluids95US 6,568,470 B2Baker Hughes Incorporated · 2003
- Hydraulically energized magnetorheological replicant muscle tissue and a system and a method for using and controlling same80US 6,168,634 A2001
- Valve and position control using magnetorheological fluids74US 7,428,922 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc. · 2008
- Micromotors, linear motors, micropumps, methods of using the same, microactuators, methods of controlling flow properties of fluids, and apparatuses for controlling flow properties of fluids48US 6,116,257 ANew Technology Management Co., Ltd. · 2000