H02K 41/0352
Unipolar motors
Official title: {Unipolar motors}
H02K41/0352 (Unipolar motors) appears on 1,827 US grants and 1,809 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02K- Granted patents
- 1,827
- Published applications
- 1,809
- Assignees
- 536
- Inventors
- 2,476
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 150 | 129 |
| 2023 | 141 | 141 |
| 2024 | 135 | 116 |
| 2025 | 111 | 78 |
| 2026 | 67 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Voice coil motor, zoom lens and photography device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,961 B2Zhongshan Union Optech Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Preload force optimization for stable ball bearing contact22 Sep 2026US 12,744,434 B1Apple Inc.
- Image stabilizing coil member and camera module comprising same22 Sep 2026US 12,745,005 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Ball bearing sensor shift arrangement for camera with fixed magnets22 Sep 2026US 12,745,006 B2Apple Inc.
- Camera module and electronic device having same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,771 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving device, camera module, and optical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299250 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera actuator and camera module including same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299373 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving device, camera module, and optical device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287975 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera module24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291357 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- LIDAR with a biaxial mirror assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280399 A1Innoviz Technologies Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hall-effect based linear motor controller1,018US 8,084,969 B2Allegro MicroSystems, LLC · 2011
- Actuator with opposing repulsive magnetic forces146US 6,002,184 ACoactive Drive Corporation · 1999
- Actuator with repulsive magnetic forces144US 6,307,285 B1Coactive Drive Corporation · 2001
- Micromechanical magnetically actuated devices104US 5,644,177 AWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · 1997
- Lens positioning system95US 9,431,887 B2Align Technology, Inc. · 2016