G10K 9/00
Devices in which sound is produced by vibrating a diaphragm or analogous
Official title: Devices in which sound is produced by vibrating a diaphragm or analogous element, e.g. fog horns, vehicle hooters or buzzers (loudspeakers or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R)
G10K9/00 (Devices in which sound is produced by vibrating a diaphragm or analogous) appears on 1,254 US grants and 976 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10K- Granted patents
- 1,254
- Published applications
- 976
- Assignees
- 587
- Inventors
- 2,290
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 10 |
| 2002 | 22 | 15 |
| 2003 | 22 | 22 |
| 2004 | 18 | 18 |
| 2005 | 12 | 22 |
| 2006 | 16 | 21 |
| 2007 | 11 | 26 |
| 2008 | 16 | 29 |
| 2009 | 23 | 18 |
| 2010 | 15 | 28 |
| 2011 | 20 | 30 |
| 2012 | 21 | 17 |
| 2013 | 18 | 29 |
| 2014 | 26 | 46 |
| 2015 | 28 | 47 |
| 2016 | 32 | 37 |
| 2017 | 45 | 45 |
| 2018 | 35 | 40 |
| 2019 | 49 | 57 |
| 2020 | 52 | 67 |
| 2021 | 43 | 104 |
| 2022 | 64 | 51 |
| 2023 | 82 | 75 |
| 2024 | 55 | 64 |
| 2025 | 63 | 33 |
| 2026 | 27 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Linear motor driving means for acoustic emitters22 Sep 2026US 12,742,898 B2Akitemos Solutions AB
- Vibration apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,744,021 B2LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage8 Sep 2026US 12,732,760 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Pulse shaping methods for non-linear acoustic piezoelectric transducers11 Aug 2026US 12,703,003 B2Ecole De Technologie Superieure
- Method for manufacturing ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic transducer, and distance measuring equipment11 Aug 2026US 12,703,006 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Method of Assembling An Elliptical Transducer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311669 A1QorTek, Inc.
- Elliptical Transducers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311670 A1QorTek, Inc.
- Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281632 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic transducer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268885 A1Qisda Corporation
- Sound signal reproduction device, method for controlling sound signal reproduction device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon program for controlling sound signal reproduction device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253569 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Short distance ultrasonic distance meter425US 5,483,501 AThe Whitaker Corporation · 1996
- Tuneable microelectromechanical system resonator204US 5,729,075 ANational Semiconductor Corporation · 1998
- Temperature compensated surface acoustic wave device and methods of manufacturing the same196US 10,284,176 B1Qorvo US, Inc. · 2019
- Shock wave tube for the fragmentation of concrements167US 4,697,588 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1987
- Apparatus for the contact-free disintegration of calculi164US 4,674,505 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1987