G10H 2220/461
Transducers, i.e. details, positioning or use of assemblies to detect and convert
Official title: Transducers, i.e. details, positioning or use of assemblies to detect and convert mechanical vibrations or mechanical strains into an electrical signal, e.g. audio, trigger or control signal
G10H2220/461 (Transducers, i.e. details, positioning or use of assemblies to detect and convert) appears on 692 US grants and 632 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 692
- Published applications
- 632
- Assignees
- 212
- Inventors
- 932
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 14 | 21 |
| 2025 | 16 | 38 |
| 2026 | 6 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G10H 2220/525Piezoelectric transducers for vibration sensing or vibration excitation in the audio rangeIndexing code347
- G10H 2220/465Bridge-positioned, i.e. assembled to or attached with the bridge of a stringedIndexing code154
- G10H 2220/505Dual coil electrodynamic string transducerIndexing code143
- G10H 2220/521Hall effect transducers or similar magnetic field sensing semiconductor devicesIndexing code72
- G10H 2220/561Piezoresistive transducers, i.e. exhibiting vibration, pressure, force or movement -dependent resistanceIndexing code48
- G10H 2220/565Shielding, electromagnetic or magneticIndexing code41
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