H01H 61/0107
Making use of shape memory materials
Official title: {making use of shape memory materials}
H01H61/0107 (Making use of shape memory materials) appears on 125 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 125
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 237
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 3 | 7 |
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| 2009 | 6 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
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| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Active, dynamic, and reversible shape memory alloy film thermo-mechanical safety switches6 Jan 2026US 12,519,190 B2
- Motor locking mechanism including memory alloy wire1 Jul 2025US 12,348,114 B2Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
- Shape memory alloy actuated switch12 Mar 2024US 11,929,219 B2Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
- Bistable shape memory alloy inertial actuator17 Oct 2023US 11,788,517 B2Saes Getters S. P. A.
- Shape memory alloy actuated switch29 Nov 2022US 11,515,101 B2Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
- Shape Memory Alloy Sensing And Actuation Switch29 Jan 2026US 2026/0031285 A1Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
- Active, dynamic, and reversible shape memory alloy film thermo-mechanical safety switches23 Oct 2025US 2025/0329897 A1
- Motor locking mechanism including memory alloy wire11 Sep 2025US 2025/0286434 A1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
- Actuation system with a temperature-controlled actuation material7 Mar 2024US 2024/0079194 A1Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Motor locking mechanism including memory alloy wire26 Oct 2023US 2023/0344307 A1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shape-memory alloy micro-actuator445US 5,061,914 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1991
- Thin film shape memory alloy and method for producing411US 4,864,824 AAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories · 1989
- Shape memory alloy film actuated microvalve234US 5,325,880 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1994
- Shape memory alloy microactuator having an electrostatic force and heating means187US 5,619,177 AMJB Company · 1997
- Self-regulated actuator103US 4,524,343 ARaychem Corporation · 1985