G01B 17/08
Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
Official title: for measuring roughness or irregularity of surfaces
G01B17/08 (Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic vibrations) appears on 109 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Unevenness level inspecting device, unevenness level inspectiing system, and unevenness level inspecting method16 Jun 2026US 12,656,114 B2Topcon Corporation
- System, method, and apparatus for inspecting a surface31 Mar 2026US 12,591,239 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- System and method for determining the thickness of a material in manufacturing vessels23 Dec 2025US 12,504,272 B2Paneratech, Inc.
- Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing interactive inspection map for inspection robot15 Jul 2025US 12,358,141 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Method for measuring thickness, roughness and interface stiffness of coating layer using ultrasonic phase derivative spectrum4 Mar 2025US 12,241,871 B1Dalian University of Technology
- Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing interactive inspection map for inspection robot12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070223 A1Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Systems and methods for road roughness measurement12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043648 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- System, apparatus, and method for improved location identification25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389671 A1
- Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing interactive inspection map for inspection robot23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326122 A1
- Method for measuring thickness, roughness and interface stiffness of coating layer using ultrasonic phase derivative spectrum6 Mar 2025US 2025/0076260 A1Dalian University of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlled polishing94US 6,257,953 B1Center for Tribology, Inc. · 2001
- Controller for inspection robot traversing an obstacle87US 11,148,292 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2021
- Method and apparatus for controlled polishing78US 6,494,765 B2Center for Tribology, Inc. · 2002
- System, method, and apparatus to perform a surface inspection using real-time position information71US 10,481,608 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2019
- Inspection robot with couplant chamber disposed within sled for acoustic coupling71US 10,698,412 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2020