G04C 3/001
Electromechanical switches for setting or display
Official title: {Electromechanical switches for setting or display}
G04C3/001 (Electromechanical switches for setting or display) appears on 527 US grants and 372 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04C- Granted patents
- 527
- Published applications
- 372
- Assignees
- 166
- Inventors
- 916
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | 21 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 7 | 3 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 13 | 11 |
| 2016 | 7 | 33 |
| 2017 | 10 | 37 |
| 2018 | 30 | 35 |
| 2019 | 33 | 25 |
| 2020 | 25 | 29 |
| 2021 | 22 | 27 |
| 2022 | 24 | 17 |
| 2023 | 19 | 27 |
| 2024 | 20 | 19 |
| 2025 | 17 | 26 |
| 2026 | 13 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,388 B2
- Watch with mechanism for absorbing external shocks22 Sep 2026US 12,743,054 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Interacting with an electronic device through physical movement23 Jun 2026US 12,663,881 B2Apple Inc.
- Push button device, timepiece and electronic device16 Jun 2026US 12,656,739 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Systems and apparatus for object detection using optical sensing12 May 2026US 12,625,573 B2Apple Inc.
- Interacting with an electronic device through physical movement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299710 A1Apple Inc.
- Force-detecting input structure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252033 A1Apple Inc.
- Crown for an electronic watch30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219637 A1Apple Inc.
- Crown for an electronic watch28 May 2026US 2026/0147314 A1Apple Inc.
- Information processing apparatus, recording medium, and component management method21 May 2026US 2026/0140483 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Detecting the starting and stopping of movement of a person on foot485US 6,298,314 B1Personal Electronic Devices, Inc. · 2001
- Conductive elastomeric contacts and connectors186US 3,971,610 ATechnical Wire Products, Inc. · 1976
- Exercise measuring instrument169US 4,962,469 ACasio Computer Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device145US 9,753,436 B2Apple Inc. · 2017
- Switch mechanism for wristwatch134US 4,170,104 ACitizen Watch Co., Ltd. · 1979