Holding or levitation devices using magnetic attraction or repulsion, not otherwise provided
Official title: Holding or levitation devices using magnetic attraction or repulsion, not otherwise provided for (electric or magnetic devices for holding work on machine tools B23Q3/15 {; monorail vehicle propulsion or suspension B60L13/00}; sliding or levitation devices for railway systems B61B13/08; material handling devices associated with conveyors incorporating devices with electrostatic or magnetic grippers B65G47/92; separating thin or filamentary articles from piles using magnetic force B65H3/16; delivering thin or filamentary articles from magnetic holders by air blast or suction B65H29/24; bearings using magnetic or electric supporting means F16C32/04; relieving bearing loads using magnetic means F16C39/06; magnets H01F7/00; dynamo-electric clutches or brakes H02K49/00 {; electric furnaces with simultaneous levitation and heating H05B6/32})
H02N15/00 (Holding or levitation devices using magnetic attraction or repulsion, not otherwise provided) appears on 335 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02N- Granted patents
- 335
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 211
- Inventors
- 739
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2004 | 3 | 11 |
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| 2024 | 16 | 13 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 |
| 2026 | 10 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Recent patents
- Transportation system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,633 B2
- Network-connected toy wand system with levitation-inducing cradle28 Jul 2026US 12,695,400 B2Google Inc.
- Semiconductor process equipment14 Jul 2026US 12,685,078 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Apparatus for processing substrate and method of transferring substrate14 Jul 2026US 12,685,092 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Mechanical renewable green energy production7 Jul 2026US 12,674,503 B2Phos Global Energy Solutions, Inc.
- Apparatus for processing substrate and method of transferring substrate8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314331 A1Tokyo Electron Limited
- Midpoint potential balancing system based on multi-level magnetic suspension bearing driver10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269749 A1Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Unified suppression method for external disturbances and internal levitation force ripples of magnetic levitation motor system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246397 A1Nanjing Guodian Nanzhi Power Grid Automation Co., Ltd
- Electromagnet current control method and related assembly6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229393 A1Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- Flexible electroadhesive pad having a deformable layer18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171933 A1
Most cited
- Ultrasound beam alignment servo310US 5,844,140 A1998
- Control method for magnetic stereotaxis system209US 5,654,864 AStereotaxis, Inc. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for rapidly changing a magnetic field produced by electromagnets164US 6,128,174 AStereotaxis, Inc. · 2000
- System and method for servo control of nonlinear electromagnetic actuators139US 6,208,497 B1Venture Scientifics, LLC · 2001
- Magnetically levitated fine motion robot wrist with programmable compliance99US 4,874,998 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1989