H01H 11/00
Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
Official title: Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches (processes specially adapted for manufacture of rectilinearly movable switches having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboards, H01H13/88)
H01H11/00 (Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches) appears on 2,128 US grants and 1,404 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 2,128
- Published applications
- 1,404
- Assignees
- 844
- Inventors
- 4,036
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 21 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 40 | 0 |
| 1983 | 22 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 0 |
| 1985 | 28 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 56 | 0 |
| 1988 | 41 | 0 |
| 1989 | 42 | 0 |
| 1990 | 38 | 0 |
| 1991 | 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 |
| 1994 | 46 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 39 | 0 |
| 1998 | 54 | 0 |
| 1999 | 54 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 10 |
| 2002 | 46 | 39 |
| 2003 | 44 | 48 |
| 2004 | 54 | 35 |
| 2005 | 31 | 42 |
| 2006 | 49 | 43 |
| 2007 | 32 | 44 |
| 2008 | 21 | 43 |
| 2009 | 35 | 39 |
| 2010 | 29 | 40 |
| 2011 | 33 | 44 |
| 2012 | 32 | 39 |
| 2013 | 45 | 101 |
| 2014 | 59 | 107 |
| 2015 | 83 | 79 |
| 2016 | 61 | 74 |
| 2017 | 75 | 84 |
| 2018 | 79 | 72 |
| 2019 | 89 | 74 |
| 2020 | 72 | 70 |
| 2021 | 69 | 58 |
| 2022 | 45 | 41 |
| 2023 | 36 | 58 |
| 2024 | 42 | 43 |
| 2025 | 43 | 45 |
| 2026 | 17 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01H 11/04Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches: of520
- H01H 11/0006Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches: for517
- H01H 11/0062Testing or measuring non-electrical properties of switches216
- H01H 11/0056Comprising a successive blank-stamping, insert-moulding and severing operation191
- H01H 2011/0087Welding switch parts by use of a laser beamIndexing code73
- H01H 2011/0081Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches: usingIndexing code60
- H01H 2011/0075Calibrating mechanical switching propertiesIndexing code45
- H01H 2011/0093StandardizationIndexing code42
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Switch and connector1,605US 5,541,376 AValleylab, Inc. · 1996
- Method of making a composite article including a body having a decorative metal plate attached thereto1,527US 4,604,786 AThe Grigoleit Company · 1986
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- Biasing assembly for a switching device1,471US 5,944,172 AAllen-Bradley Company, Inc. · 1999