G11B 3/085
Using automatic means
Official title: using automatic means (G11B3/095 takes precedence {; if particularly adapted for record-changers see G11B17/16 and subgroups})
G11B3/085 (Using automatic means) appears on 150 US grants and 9 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 150
- Published applications
- 9
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 179
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
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| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Record player with repeatable playback6 Jan 2026US 12,518,778 B1Dongguan Alllike Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Vinyl record player automatic stop and lift tonearm structure3 Jun 2025US 12,322,418 B1Hanpin Electron Co., Ltd.
- Tonearm device and reproduction device17 May 2022US 11,335,363 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Control system for fully automatic turntable4 Jan 2022US 11,217,271 B1Hanpin Electron Co., Ltd.
- Automatic tonearm lifter8 Jun 2021US 11,031,030 B1Thorens GmbH
- Liquid-bearing tonearm device8 Jan 2026US 2026/0011343 A1
- Tone arm and record player20 Apr 2023US 2023/0124443 A1Ogasawara Precision Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Tonearm device and reproduction device3 Feb 2022US 2022/0036917 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Automatic tonearm lifter1 Jul 2021US 2021/0201939 A1Thorens GmbH
- Tonearm unit and playback device20 Feb 2020US 2020/0058321 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reconfiguring redundancy management66US 4,327,437 A1982
- Automatic phonographs19US 3,993,315 ABang & Olufsen A/S · 1976
- Disc record groove skipper18US 4,164,756 ARCA Corporation · 1979
- Arm driving device in linear tracking pickup apparatus15US 4,322,840 ASony Corporation · 1982
- Tonearm control system12US 4,260,162 APioneer Electronic Corporation · 1981