H04R 1/28
Transducer mountings or enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances
Official title: Transducer mountings or enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means {(combinations of transducers with horns, i.e. front-loaded horns H04R1/30)}
H04R1/28 (Transducer mountings or enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances) appears on 4,221 US grants and 4,679 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 4,221
- Published applications
- 4,679
- Assignees
- 1,132
- Inventors
- 6,665
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 13 |
| 2002 | 26 | 30 |
| 2003 | 23 | 19 |
| 2004 | 25 | 42 |
| 2005 | 15 | 58 |
| 2006 | 30 | 48 |
| 2007 | 25 | 64 |
| 2008 | 27 | 63 |
| 2009 | 30 | 77 |
| 2010 | 35 | 72 |
| 2011 | 52 | 70 |
| 2012 | 91 | 120 |
| 2013 | 105 | 144 |
| 2014 | 127 | 164 |
| 2015 | 145 | 190 |
| 2016 | 175 | 222 |
| 2017 | 230 | 280 |
| 2018 | 251 | 318 |
| 2019 | 377 | 325 |
| 2020 | 326 | 352 |
| 2021 | 279 | 343 |
| 2022 | 292 | 327 |
| 2023 | 281 | 409 |
| 2024 | 319 | 397 |
| 2025 | 333 | 287 |
| 2026 | 207 | 245 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Acoustic device295US 6,332,029 B1New Transducers Limited · 2001
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