H01G 5/00
Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means
Official title: Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means, e.g. by turning a shaft; Processes of their manufacture
H01G5/00 (Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means) appears on 977 US grants and 859 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01G- Granted patents
- 977
- Published applications
- 859
- Assignees
- 458
- Inventors
- 1,731
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 8 |
| 2002 | 33 | 35 |
| 2003 | 37 | 24 |
| 2004 | 30 | 43 |
| 2005 | 31 | 37 |
| 2006 | 39 | 57 |
| 2007 | 33 | 34 |
| 2008 | 34 | 49 |
| 2009 | 28 | 43 |
| 2010 | 33 | 37 |
| 2011 | 35 | 40 |
| 2012 | 34 | 35 |
| 2013 | 36 | 65 |
| 2014 | 45 | 62 |
| 2015 | 44 | 45 |
| 2016 | 63 | 51 |
| 2017 | 43 | 36 |
| 2018 | 34 | 22 |
| 2019 | 33 | 29 |
| 2020 | 26 | 20 |
| 2021 | 22 | 24 |
| 2022 | 12 | 15 |
| 2023 | 14 | 10 |
| 2024 | 17 | 14 |
| 2025 | 15 | 17 |
| 2026 | 10 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01G 5/16Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means: using variation608
- H01G 5/01Details272
- H01G 5/04Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means: using variation189
- H01G 5/40Structural combinations of variable capacitors with other electric elements not covered by154
- H01G 5/38Multiple capacitors115
- H01G 2005/02Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means: having airIndexing code14
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Bistable microelectromechanical actuator511US 5,867,302 ASandia Corporation · 1999
- Microminiature, monolithic, variable electrical signal processor and apparatus including same455US 5,526,172 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1996
- Design and fabrication of broadband surface-micromachined micro-electro-mechanical switches for microwave and millimeter-wave applications270US 6,046,659 AHughes Electronics Corporation · 2000
- Monolithically integrated switched capacitor bank using micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology253US 5,880,921 ARockwell Science Center, Inc. · 1999
- Micromechanical microwave switching243US 5,619,061 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1997