H02N 2/006
Elastic elements
Official title: {Elastic elements, e.g. springs (in general F16F1/00)}
H02N2/006 (Elastic elements) appears on 149 US grants and 158 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02N- Granted patents
- 149
- Published applications
- 158
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 256
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 10 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Vibration-type actuator, electronic device, optical apparatus, and manufacturing method for vibration-type actuator2 Apr 2026US 2026/0095111 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Piezoelectric motor and electronic device26 Feb 2026US 2026/0058577 A1Luxshare Intelligent Manufacture Technology (Changshu) Co., Ltd
- Optical actuator12 Feb 2026US 2026/0047343 A1
- Vibration type motor, drive apparatus, and video display apparatus18 Dec 2025US 2025/0385622 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Translatory actuation unit having a dielectric elastomer actuator27 Nov 2025US 2025/0364882 A1Universitat Des Saarlandes
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vibratory motors and methods of making and using same44US 6,690,101 B2Elliptec Resonant Actuator AG · 2004
- Controllably coupled piezoelectric motors42US 8,351,104 B22013
- Vibration actuator and lens barrel41US 6,078,438 ANikon Corporation · 2000
- Vibration actuator to control pitching vibration39US 6,242,846 B1Nikon Corporation · 2001
- Controllable coupling force39US 8,760,037 B22014