H01C 10/00
Adjustable resistors
H01C10/00 (Adjustable resistors) appears on 1,177 US grants and 475 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01C- Granted patents
- 1,177
- Published applications
- 475
- Assignees
- 551
- Inventors
- 1,976
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 36 | 0 |
| 1977 | 42 | 0 |
| 1978 | 46 | 0 |
| 1979 | 32 | 0 |
| 1980 | 33 | 0 |
| 1981 | 28 | 0 |
| 1982 | 33 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 28 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 34 | 0 |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 37 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 4 |
| 2002 | 30 | 16 |
| 2003 | 15 | 22 |
| 2004 | 20 | 25 |
| 2005 | 20 | 28 |
| 2006 | 21 | 18 |
| 2007 | 15 | 31 |
| 2008 | 10 | 18 |
| 2009 | 11 | 15 |
| 2010 | 20 | 13 |
| 2011 | 14 | 16 |
| 2012 | 19 | 20 |
| 2013 | 19 | 11 |
| 2014 | 20 | 21 |
| 2015 | 10 | 17 |
| 2016 | 14 | 18 |
| 2017 | 22 | 21 |
| 2018 | 20 | 28 |
| 2019 | 30 | 19 |
| 2020 | 24 | 23 |
| 2021 | 14 | 22 |
| 2022 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023 | 18 | 14 |
| 2024 | 15 | 13 |
| 2025 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01C 10/30The contact sliding along resistive element566
- H01C 10/10Adjustable by mechanical pressure or force249
- H01C 10/14Adjustable by auxiliary driving means148
- H01C 10/16Including plural resistive elements92
- H01C 10/50Structurally combined with switching arrangements73
- H01C 10/06Adjustable by short-circuiting different amounts of the resistive element49
- H01C 10/46Arrangements of fixed resistors with intervening connectors35
- H01C 10/02Liquid resistors24
All 15 subgroupsShow fewer
- H01C 10/04Adjustable resistors: with specified mathematical relationship between movement of resistor actuating means22
- H01C 10/005Surface mountable20
- H01C 10/28The contact rocking or rolling along resistive element or taps19
- H01C 10/26Resistive element moving13
- H01C 10/24The contact moving along turns of a helical resistive element, or vica5
- H01C 10/23Resistive element dimensions changing in a series of discrete, progressive steps4
- H01C 10/22Resistive element dimensions changing gradually in one direction2
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