F15B 5/006
Transducers converting variations of physical quantities: with electrical means
Official title: {with electrical means, e.g. electropneumatic transducer (F15B5/003 takes precedence)}
F15B5/006 (Transducers converting variations of physical quantities: with electrical means) appears on 92 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F15B- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 40
- Inventors
- 176
- Latest grant
- 26 Aug 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems of failure protection for automated valves26 Aug 2025US 12,398,740 B1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- 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
- Methods and apparatus for quantifying pneumatic volume usage via valve controllers13 May 2025US 12,298,171 B2Fisher Controls International LLC
- Eliminating bleed on flow controls18 Mar 2025US 12,253,100 B2Dresser, Inc.
- Preventing control-induced oscillations of the position of a valve member in a valve with pneumatic actuator4 Mar 2025US 12,241,565 B2Samson Aktiengesellschaft
- Remote travel feedback systems and related methods9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194079 A1Fisher Controls International LLC
- Positioner and method for manufacturing a positioner19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078782 A1Samson Aktiengesellschaft
- Position controller19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078783 A1Samson Aktiengesellschaft
- Methods and systems of failure protection for automated valves28 Aug 2025US 2025/0271006 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuator22 May 2025US 2025/0163942 A1Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Valve positioner system60US 6,272,401 B1Dresser Industries, Inc. · 2001
- Valve positioner system44US 6,453,261 B2Dresser, Inc. · 2002
- Valve positioner system39US 6,745,084 B2Dresser, Inc. · 2004
- Electro-pneumatic converter31US 5,439,021 AFisher Controls International LLC · 1995
- Control valve and positioner diagnostics26US 7,890,216 B2Dresser, Inc. · 2011