Y10T 403/21
Utilizing thermal characteristic
Official title: Utilizing thermal characteristic, e.g. , expansion or contraction, etc.
Y10T403/21 (Utilizing thermal characteristic) appears on 380 US grants and 151 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 380
- Published applications
- 151
- Assignees
- 250
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System for securing objects having different coefficients of thermal expansion23 Dec 2025US 12,504,030 B2Atlas Machine and Supply, Inc.
- Assembly of components having different coefficients of thermal expansion19 Dec 2023US 11,845,257 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Assembly of components having different coefficients of thermal expansion22 Jun 2021US 11,040,514 B2Lumentum Operations LLC
- Exhaust liner deflection limiter22 Jun 2021US 11,041,461 B2Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Variable-geometry spacing connector for formwork and modular formwork system including such connector20 Apr 2021US 10,982,453 B2
- System for securing objects having different coefficients of thermal expansion9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098556 A1
- System for securing objects having different coefficients of thermal expansion6 Jun 2024US 2024/0183367 A1
- System for securing objects having different coefficients of thermal expansion15 Jun 2023US 2023/0184272 A1Atlas Machine and Supply, Inc.
- Assembly of components having different coefficients of thermal expansion7 Oct 2021US 2021/0308983 A1Lumentum Operations LLC
- Coupling for personal care device19 Mar 2020US 2020/0085178 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Release device for retaining pin222US 5,771,742 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1998
- Implants formed of shape memory polymeric material for spinal fixation216US 7,794,476 B2Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. · 2010
- Bone clamp of shape memory material200US 5,586,983 A1996
- Apparatus for securing a rod adjacent to a bone182US 5,540,689 A1996
- Non-explosive separation device174US 5,119,555 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1992