H02N 2/02
Producing linear motion
Official title: producing linear motion, e.g. actuators; Linear positioners {; Linear motors}
H02N2/02 (Producing linear motion) appears on 2,005 US grants and 1,783 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02N- Granted patents
- 2,005
- Published applications
- 1,783
- Assignees
- 681
- Inventors
- 3,062
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 38 | 0 |
| 1993 | 29 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 |
| 2000 | 54 | 0 |
| 2001 | 45 | 20 |
| 2002 | 53 | 33 |
| 2003 | 27 | 28 |
| 2004 | 39 | 56 |
| 2005 | 34 | 77 |
| 2006 | 46 | 77 |
| 2007 | 63 | 90 |
| 2008 | 68 | 97 |
| 2009 | 72 | 82 |
| 2010 | 96 | 101 |
| 2011 | 74 | 82 |
| 2012 | 61 | 64 |
| 2013 | 57 | 52 |
| 2014 | 49 | 59 |
| 2015 | 45 | 54 |
| 2016 | 40 | 58 |
| 2017 | 70 | 81 |
| 2018 | 39 | 87 |
| 2019 | 96 | 101 |
| 2020 | 67 | 94 |
| 2021 | 83 | 89 |
| 2022 | 110 | 81 |
| 2023 | 88 | 82 |
| 2024 | 77 | 58 |
| 2025 | 53 | 46 |
| 2026 | 23 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Stored energy release triggered by piezoelectric element22 Sep 2026US 12,744,476 B2Mission Systems Davenport Inc.
- Micro-electromechanical optical shutter with translating shielding structures and related manufacturing process11 Aug 2026US 12,704,666 B2STMicroelectronics S,r.l.
- Airplane configured with a high intensity pulse laser generation system and method11 Aug 2026US 12,706,434 B2Blue Laser Fusion, Inc.
- Piezoelectric motor, camera module, and electronic device11 Aug 2026US 12,706,552 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Piezoelectric driving mechanism21 Jul 2026US 12,689,313 B2Actutek Corporation
- Flight control surface having lithiated carbon fibers struts24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285473 A1Airbus Americas, Inc.
- Piezoelectric inertia drive3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261219 A1Physik Instrumente (Pi) GmbH & Co. KG
- Designs of nano-precise short stroke stages for actuation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247903 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Predictive model generation using features30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221012 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Piezoelectric Device with Cantilever Configuration and Metamaterial for Enhanced Piezoelectric Response30 Jul 2026US 2026/0223598 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electroactive polymer devices1,577US 6,545,384 B1SRI International · 2003
- Foldable lens delivery system1,445US 5,607,433 AMicro Medical Devices, Inc. · 1997
- High-efficiency, large stroke electromechanical actuator1,075US 5,907,211 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1999
- Driving apparatus381US 7,408,288 B2Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. · 2008
- Longitudinal-effect type laminar piezoelectric/electrostrictive driver, and printing actuator using the driver379US 5,126,618 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992