H01H 11/04
Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches: of
Official title: of switch contacts
H01H11/04 (Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches: of) appears on 520 US grants and 306 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 520
- Published applications
- 306
- Assignees
- 286
- Inventors
- 1,082
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 11 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 7 | 8 |
| 2013 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 | 27 |
| 2015 | 13 | 21 |
| 2016 | 8 | 28 |
| 2017 | 17 | 22 |
| 2018 | 29 | 24 |
| 2019 | 28 | 18 |
| 2020 | 21 | 16 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 |
| 2022 | 13 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 16 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sensor assemblies utilizing a one-piece thermal isolated fitting tube and methods of assembling the same16 Jun 2026US 12,658,388 B2Sensata Technologies, Inc.
- Contact for a vacuum interrupter and production method for such a contact19 May 2026US 12,633,469 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Switch24 Feb 2026US 12,562,324 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Contact material for thermal fuse and thermosensitive pellet-type thermal fuse using the same25 Nov 2025US 12,482,624 B2SCHOTT Japan Corporation
- Switch device9 Sep 2025US 12,412,712 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Protecting device and method for manufacturing protecting device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260831 A1Dexerials Corporation
- Electrical Contact with Multilayer Coating20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245808 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Relay9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196433 A1Xiamen Hongfa Electric Power Controls Co., Ltd.
- Electrical contact conductor25 Jun 2026US 2026/0182354 A1Zhejiang Chint Electrics Co., Ltd.
- Button motor and electronic device21 May 2026US 2026/0142105 A1AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Alternate action switch134US 4,001,526 AMolex Incorporated · 1977
- Tactile switch for a mobile electronic device62US 9,892,876 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2018
- Surface melting of a substrate prior to plating52US 4,348,263 ABell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated · 1982
- Integrated interior trim and electrical assembly for an automotive vehicle51US 5,805,402 AUT Automotive Dearborn, Inc. · 1998
- Illuminated rotary switch assembly41US 5,359,165 AEaton Corporation · 1994