F16C 2370/00
Apparatus relating to physics
Official title: Apparatus relating to physics, e.g. instruments
F16C2370/00 (Apparatus relating to physics) appears on 1,550 US grants and 1,341 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 1,550
- Published applications
- 1,341
- Assignees
- 379
- Inventors
- 2,001
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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| 2023 | 16 | 16 |
| 2024 | 18 | 7 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Motor17 Mar 2026US 12,580,442 B2Nidec Corporation
- System and method for multi-DOF cross-pivot flexure bearing with enhanced range and enhanced load capacity24 Feb 2026US 12,560,198 B2Bright Silicon Technologies, Inc.
- Grease composition, pivot assembly bearing, and bearing apparatus including the bearing27 Jan 2026US 12,534,680 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Actuator apparatus with precision bearings and light sensor6 Jan 2026US 12,515,715 B2DTL Linear, LLC
- Linear guide device30 Dec 2025US 12,510,115 B2Schneeberger Holding AG
- Monolithic pivot bearing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226939 A1Raytheon Company
- High-low temperature and high-frequency angular vibration device based on hydrostatic bearing system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210797 A1Beijing Aerospace Institute for Metrology and Measurement Technology
- Electronic device comprising camera module25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181234 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Bearing device, method of manufacturing bearing device, hard disk drive device, and motor21 May 2026US 2026/0139710 A1MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, and disk drive device14 May 2026US 2026/0132350 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for connecting speedometer to flexible shaft158US 4,392,836 AKanto Seiki Co., Ltd. · 1983
- Flexible drive cable116US 4,112,708 ANippon Cable Systems Inc. · 1978
- Positioner with long travel in two dimensions89US 5,699,621 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1997
- Spindle motor having air dynamic pressure bearing and rotating device having the spindle motor as driving source81US 6,127,756 ASeiko Instruments Inc. · 2000
- Dynamic pressure bearing motor80US 6,215,217 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho · 2001