H02N 10/00
Electric motors using thermal effects
Official title: Electric motors using thermal effects {(motors using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating or cooling F03G7/06)}
H02N10/00 (Electric motors using thermal effects) appears on 138 US grants and 152 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02N- Granted patents
- 138
- Published applications
- 152
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 300
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13 |
| 2016 | 1 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9 |
| 2018 | 11 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 4 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Aircraft actuator formed of thermally adaptive materials and a thermoelectric junction18 Aug 2026US 12,712,473 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Self-transformable actuator and display device using same21 Apr 2026US 12,607,171 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Actuator assembly with bearing arrangement and electrical interconnector24 Mar 2026US 12,587,744 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Thermally-powered polymer fiber actuators and articles including same18 Nov 2025US 12,473,896 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- High-power bidirectional-driven bionic muscle fiber as well as preparation method and use thereof15 Apr 2025US 12,276,048 B2Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (Sinano) , Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Tunable Lens with Actuator Brakes3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259401 A1Apple Inc.
- Control method, device, and readable storage medium2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185509 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Shape memory alloy tether system14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257721 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Actuator assembly20 Mar 2025US 2025/0097577 A1Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Aircraft actuator formed of thermally adaptive materials and a thermoelectric junction13 Mar 2025US 2025/0088125 A1Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- MEMS device having contact and standoff bumps and related methods113US 6,876,482 B2Turnstone Systems, Inc. · 2005
- Trilayered beam MEMS device and related methods102US 6,746,891 B2Turnstone Systems, Inc. · 2004
- MEMS device having a trilayered beam and related methods99US 6,876,047 B2Turnstone Systems, Inc. · 2005
- Trilayered beam MEMS device and related methods93US 6,917,086 B2Turnstone Systems, Inc. · 2005
- Motion device using shape memory material and method therefor61US 6,633,095 B12003