F16P 3/148
Using capacitive technology
Official title: {using capacitive technology}
F16P3/148 (Using capacitive technology) appears on 165 US grants and 192 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16P- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 192
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 264
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Keep out zone system6 Jan 2026US 12,518,609 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
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- Power tool having object detection4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153188 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Object detection system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118515 A1Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.
- Keep Out Zone System26 Mar 2026US 2026/0087922 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Machining tool hazard mitigation system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061656 A1
- Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282052 A1Pilz GmbH & Co.KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and a device for sensing the distance between a first object and a second object276US 5,942,975 A1999
- Proximity responsive capacitance sensitive method, system, and associated electrical circuitry for use in controlling mechanical and electro-mechanical equipment205US 5,081,406 ASaf-T-Margin, Inc. · 1992
- Miter saw with improved safety system152US 6,826,988 B2Sd3, LLC · 2004
- Brake positioning system149US 6,857,345 B2Sd3, LLC · 2005
- Cutting tool safety system146US 6,920,814 B2Sd3, LLC · 2005