G10K 11/002
Devices for damping, suppressing, obstructing or conducting sound in acoustic devices
Official title: {Devices for damping, suppressing, obstructing or conducting sound in acoustic devices (G10K1/06 - G10K1/10 take precedence; for electro-mechanical transducers for communication H04R3/002)}
G10K11/002 (Devices for damping, suppressing, obstructing or conducting sound in acoustic devices) appears on 646 US grants and 606 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatuses and methods for deactivating speakers of wireless tracking devices29 Sep 2026US 12,749,471 B1Elevation Lab, Inc.
- Anisotropic elastic metamaterials1 Sep 2026US 12,725,595 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Vibration device and sound insulation device7 Jul 2026US 12,676,132 B2AGC Inc.
- Ultrasound probe with heat transfer structure30 Jun 2026US 12,667,335 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Vibration isolation of electronics and/or components19 May 2026US 12,631,237 B2
- Systems and methods for signal control across audio, optical, and sensing platforms1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301726 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Loudspeaker and method for spreading a sound6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229210 A1Powersoft S.P.A.
- Array architecture and interconnection for transducers4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151797 A1Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage4 Jun 2026US 2026/0156422 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Sound dampening drumhead7 May 2026US 2026/0128019 A1Parish Drum Designs, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apodization methods and apparatus for acoustic phased array aperture for diagnostic medical ultrasound transducer402US 6,258,034 B1Acuson Corporation · 2001
- Multichannel acoustic echo cancellation213US 9,659,555 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Ultrasonic phased array transducer with an ultralow impedance backfill and a method for making177US 5,655,538 AGeneral Electric Company · 1997
- Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer arrays with reduced cross-coupling158US 6,262,946 B1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 2001
- Ultrasound blood flow/tissue imaging system137US 5,477,858 ASiemens Medical Systems, Inc. · 1995