G01B 17/02
Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
Official title: for measuring thickness
G01B17/02 (Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic vibrations) appears on 646 US grants and 577 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical measurement device for inspection of discontinuities in aerostructures29 Sep 2026US 12,748,052 B2Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Measurement device1 Sep 2026US 12,723,939 B2Fire Ndt Technologies Pty Ltd
- Inspection device and inspection method1 Sep 2026US 12,723,974 B2Subaru Corporation
- System and method for measuring cooling plate thickness in a blast furnace25 Aug 2026US 12,716,717 B2Paul Wurth S. A.
- Method and apparatus for evaluating soft material properties using nonlinear vibrations18 Aug 2026US 12,710,399 B2Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Method for determining a batch blanket top surface level at a cold top electric glass furnace24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285736 A1Glass Service Company, Inc.
- Unsupervised thickness measurement for non-destructive testing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287340 A1Evident Canada, Inc.
- An ultrasound measurement device for industrial measurement apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287558 A1Renishaw PLC
- Method and system for measuring lubrication film thickness of sliding nearing based on ultrasonic proportional coefficient3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259047 A1Xi' An Jiaotong University
- Sensor module and measurement system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259048 A1Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Acoustical method and system for detecting and controlling chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) depths into layers of conductors, semiconductors, and dielectric materials179US 5,222,329 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1993
- Thin film process monitoring techniques using acoustic waves140US 5,271,274 AThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 1993
- Method and apparatus for inspecting well bore casing129US 5,717,169 ASchlumberger Technology Corporation · 1998
- Ultrasonic thickness measuring instrument125US 4,437,332 AKrautkramer-Branson, Incorporated · 1984
- Ultrasonic multilayer paint thickness measurement120US 5,038,615 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1991