G02B 6/3564
Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or
Official title: {Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details}
G02B6/3564 (Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or) appears on 1,888 US grants and 1,433 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,888
- Published applications
- 1,433
- Assignees
- 726
- Inventors
- 3,129
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 68 | 39 |
| 2002 | 135 | 256 |
| 2003 | 206 | 276 |
| 2004 | 236 | 190 |
| 2005 | 180 | 144 |
| 2006 | 143 | 100 |
| 2007 | 92 | 47 |
| 2008 | 65 | 32 |
| 2009 | 33 | 34 |
| 2010 | 35 | 23 |
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| 2013 | 15 | 21 |
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| 2015 | 27 | 28 |
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| 2019 | 22 | 18 |
| 2020 | 22 | 30 |
| 2021 | 21 | 13 |
| 2022 | 15 | 20 |
| 2023 | 19 | 12 |
| 2024 | 20 | 18 |
| 2025 | 12 | 22 |
| 2026 | 5 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/3568Characterised by the actuating force1,448
- G02B 6/3584Constructional details of an associated actuator having a mems construction, i.e. constructed553
- G02B 6/3582Housing means or package or arranging details of the switching elements479
- G02B 6/358Latching of the moving element, i.e. maintaining or holding the moving element311
- G02B 6/3566Involving bending a beam187
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