F16F 15/03
Using magnetic or electromagnetic means
Official title: using {magnetic or} electromagnetic means (F16F9/53, {F16F15/005} take precedence)
F16F15/03 (Using magnetic or electromagnetic means) appears on 505 US grants and 453 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2025 | 22 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bicycle saddle with spring-based vibration isolation25 Aug 2026US 12,715,531 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Helmet rotation damping with negative torque11 Aug 2026US 12,702,180 B2
- Shock absorption mechanism, shock absorption regulating method, and shock absorption control method28 Jul 2026US 12,692,975 B2Tilta Inc.
- Vehicle damper7 Jul 2026US 12,673,527 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Vibration absorber12 May 2026US 12,624,741 B1Steadiwear Inc.
- Active vibration isolation device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287040 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Damper assembly for traffic luminaires and traffic signals3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258929 A1
- Damper assembly for traffic luminaires and traffic signals3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258930 A1
- Mechanical control actuator for an aircraft20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242055 A1
- Magnetic damping rotational structure and magnetic damping generation method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236113 A1Shenzhen Loyal Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electromagnetic linear generator and shock absorber207US 6,952,060 B2Trustees of Tufts College · 2005
- Electric, variable damping vehicle suspension148US 4,815,575 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1989
- Electromagnetic shock absorber for vehicle147US 8,127,900 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2012
- Method and apparatus for actively adjusting and controlling a resonant mass-spring system126US 5,456,341 AMoog Inc. · 1995
- Electromagnetic strut assembly104US 4,892,328 AAura Systems, Inc. · 1990