G10K 9/122
Using piezoelectric driving means
Official title: using piezoelectric driving means {(G10K9/121 takes precedence)}
G10K9/122 (Using piezoelectric driving means) appears on 410 US grants and 402 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vibration apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,744,021 B2LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Pulse shaping methods for non-linear acoustic piezoelectric transducers11 Aug 2026US 12,703,003 B2Ecole De Technologie Superieure
- Shock wave device21 Jul 2026US 12,685,550 B2BTL Medical Solutions A. S.
- Vibration apparatus and apparatus including the same7 Jul 2026US 12,677,101 B2LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Class VIII flextensional transducers and method of assembly16 Jun 2026US 12,658,168 B2QorTek, Inc.
- Ultrasonic transducer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268885 A1Qisda Corporation
- A micro-electromechanical-system based micro speaker23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214391 A1Myvox AB
- A mems-based micro speaker device and system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214393 A1Myvox AB
- Single surface directional sound system having multiple glass speakers11 Jun 2026US 2026/0164173 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- System and method for complex audio tone delivery through a piezoelectric buzzer23 Apr 2026US 2026/0113573 A1Medtronic, Inc.
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
- Omnidirectional ultrasonic communication system139US 6,363,139 B1Motorola, Inc. · 2002
- Microfabricated structure to be used in surgery111US 5,728,089 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998