G04C 3/007
Electromechanical contact-making and breaking devices acting as pulse generators for setting
Official title: {Electromechanical contact-making and breaking devices acting as pulse generators for setting}
G04C3/007 (Electromechanical contact-making and breaking devices acting as pulse generators for setting) appears on 81 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04C- Granted patents
- 81
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and apparatus for object detection using optical sensing12 May 2026US 12,625,573 B2Apple Inc.
- Force-detecting input structure5 May 2026US 12,619,201 B2Apple Inc.
- Electronic device and control method10 Feb 2026US 12,547,123 B2Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Electronic device and control method6 Jan 2026US 12,517,470 B2Nokia Technologies Oy
- Watch crown having a conductive surface25 Mar 2025US 12,259,690 B2Apple Inc.
- Force-detecting input structure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252033 A1Apple Inc.
- Electronic device and control method30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334931 A1Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Electronic timepiece, method for controlling timepiece, and recording medium31 Jul 2025US 2025/0244719 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Watch crown having a conductive surface12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189933 A1Apple Inc.
- Systems and apparatus for object detection using optical sensing23 Jan 2025US 2025/0028401 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Timepiece comprising a capacitive sensing device118US 6,252,825 B1ETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches · 2001
- Wristwatch structure, electronic crown for wristwatch, and wristwatch having display116US 9,223,296 B2Princo Middle East FZE · 2015
- Force-detecting input structure107US 10,019,097 B2Apple Inc. · 2018
- Crown switching mechanism101US 6,203,190 B1Timex Corporation · 2001
- Apparatus for the selection or correction of data in an electronic watch97US 4,379,642 AEbauches S.A. · 1983