H01H 13/18
Adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the
Official title: adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. door switch, limit switch, floor-levelling switch of a lift
H01H13/18 (Adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the) appears on 280 US grants and 229 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 280
- Published applications
- 229
- Assignees
- 218
- Inventors
- 585
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 |
| 2008 | 9 | 6 |
| 2009 | 9 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
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| 2015 | 6 | 11 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 | 14 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 12 | 17 |
| 2022 | 11 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Balanced low travel key switch device4 Aug 2026US 12,700,555 B2Sunrex Technology Corp.
- Electric switching device with improved actuation mechanism2 Jun 2026US 12,646,674 B2Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Keyboard device16 Dec 2025US 12,500,050 B2Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Domestic appliance having a door monitoring device16 Dec 2025US 12,501,524 B2BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
- Microswitch based position sensor with harness relief for motorized valve14 Oct 2025US 12,446,161 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Switching system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208819 A1
- Button structure7 May 2026US 2026/0128242 A1Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Limit switch and associated method26 Mar 2026US 2026/0088237 A1Honeywell International Inc.
- Key travel-adjustable switch and gaming peripheral4 Dec 2025US 2025/0372321 A1Qanba USA, LLC
- Switch and lock device27 Nov 2025US 2025/0364194 A1Assa Abloy AB
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By later US patents
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- Force switch1,496US 7,479,608 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009
- Force switch1,492US 7,714,239 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Force switch1,429US 8,269,121 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2012