H01H 13/64
Wherein the switch has more than two electrically distinguishable positions
Official title: wherein the switch has more than two electrically distinguishable positions, e.g. multi-position push-button switches
H01H13/64 (Wherein the switch has more than two electrically distinguishable positions) appears on 215 US grants and 155 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 155
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 399
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Switch device15 Sep 2026US 12,738,432 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Input device detecting a touch input operation based on a panel tilt angle16 Dec 2025US 12,498,812 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Contact device with magnets directing arc away from the central space5 Aug 2025US 12,381,363 B2OMRON Corporation
- Control device for controlling multiple operating characteristics of an electrical load6 May 2025US 12,293,885 B2Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Electrical switch8 Apr 2025US 12,272,506 B2TMY Technology Inc.
- Switching system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208819 A1
- Switch device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0038750 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch device29 Jan 2026US 2026/0031289 A1
- Electronic apparatus1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006325 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Control device for controlling multiple operating characteristics of an electrical load17 Jul 2025US 2025/0232931 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of switching a cordless hand-held ultrasonic cautery cutting device1,361US 8,334,468 B2Covidien LP · 2012
- Switch mechanisms for safe activation of energy on an electrosurgical instrument1,038US 7,837,685 B2Covidien LP · 2010
- Two-Stage Switch for Surgical Device1,027US 8,502,091 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Method of switching a surgical device1,026US 8,487,199 B2Covidien LP · 2013
- Two-stage switch for cordless hand-held ultrasonic cautery cutting device359US 8,338,726 B2Covidien LP · 2012