F23Q 3/002
Igniters using electrically-produced sparks: using piezoelectric elements
Official title: {using piezoelectric elements}
F23Q3/002 (Igniters using electrically-produced sparks: using piezoelectric elements) appears on 112 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F23Q- Granted patents
- 112
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 145
- Latest grant
- 13 May 2025
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| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Portable propane gas hand torch94US 4,348,172 A1982
- Remote controlled toy utilizing piezoelectric element38US 4,612,472 ATomy Kogyo Co., Inc. · 1986
- Piezoelectric mechanism for gas lighters38US 5,262,697 ALaForest Bic, S.A. · 1993