H01C 10/38
The contact moving along a straight path
Official title: the contact moving along a straight path
H01C10/38 (The contact moving along a straight path) appears on 131 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01C- Granted patents
- 131
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 208
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fader device15 Sep 2026US 12,738,400 B2Yamaha Corporation
- Variable resistor11 Mar 2025US 12,249,446 B2Fujikura Ltd.
- Electrically resistive devices, including voltage dividers5 Sep 2023US 11,749,428 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- High speed calibration method for impedance tuner14 Mar 2023US 11,604,224 B1
- Slide screw tuner with adjustable pitch4 Oct 2022US 11,460,530 B1
- Fader device9 Nov 2023US 2023/0360826 A1Yamaha Corporation
- Variable resistor16 Feb 2023US 2023/0050844 A1Fujikura Ltd.
- Electrically resistive devices, including voltage dividers21 Apr 2022US 2022/0122750 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Operating device having an illuminated volume control actuating element9 Apr 2020US 2020/0111628 A1Stage Tec Entwicklungsgesellschaft fur professionelle Audiotechnik mbH
- Midi control device combining translatory and rotatory movements27 Jun 2019US 2019/0198201 A1RELÉ Musikk AS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wallbox-mountable dimmer and switch91US 4,939,383 ALutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 1990
- Control switch85US 4,880,950 ALightolier Incorporated · 1989
- Toggle and slide dimmer switch52US 6,259,351 B1Pass & Seymour, Inc. · 2001
- Integrated display screen and slidable control for electrical circuits51US 5,805,146 AIntertactile Technologies Corporation · 1998
- Displacement detecting element42US 6,696,694 B2Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des Oeffentlichen Rechts · 2004