H01H 1/60
Auxiliary means structurally associated with the switch for cleaning or lubricating contact-making
Official title: Auxiliary means structurally associated with the switch for cleaning or lubricating contact-making surfaces (cleaning by normal sliding of contacts H01H1/18, H01H1/36)
H01H1/60 (Auxiliary means structurally associated with the switch for cleaning or lubricating contact-making) appears on 144 US grants and 104 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 144
- Published applications
- 104
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 277
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Power tool including switch wetting11 Aug 2026US 12,703,927 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Method for actuating an electromechanical switching element23 Sep 2025US 12,424,403 B2Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.KG
- Relay control device8 Jul 2025US 12,354,818 B2Denso Corporation
- Electromagnetic relay25 Mar 2025US 12,261,004 B2OMRON Corporation
- Systems and methods for detecting and removing residue from low current electrical contacts14 Jan 2025US 12,198,872 B2The Boeing Company
- Pull-up circuit for circuit breaker contacts25 Dec 2025US 2025/0392112 A1Vertiv Corporation
- Method for actuating an electromechanical switching element14 Aug 2025US 2025/0259812 A1Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.KG
- Systems and methods for detecting and removing residue from low current electrical contacts3 Apr 2025US 2025/0110073 A1The Boeing Company
- Power tool including switch wetting6 Jun 2024US 2024/0183060 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Power Contact Health Assessor Apparatus and Method15 Feb 2024US 2024/0055195 A1Arc Suppression Technologies
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical conductivity-enhancing and protecting material247US 4,578,215 AMicro-Circuits Company · 1986
- Switch-arc preventing circuit35US 4,250,531 A1981
- Electrical contact having a particulate surface33US 5,527,591 AAugat Inc. · 1996
- Switch input current circuit33US 6,800,965 B1Robert Bosch GmbH · 2004
- RF communications apparatus and manufacturing method therefor30US 7,109,863 B2Nuvo Holdings, LLC · 2006