H01H 13/88
Processes specially adapted for manufacture of rectilinearly movable switches having a plurality
Official title: 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 (Processes specially adapted for manufacture of rectilinearly movable switches having a plurality) appears on 225 US grants and 340 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Effective keycap releasing design10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264201 A1Logitech Europe S. A.
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- Translucent keycap and method of manufacturing the same25 Sep 2025US 2025/0299893 A1Darfon Electronics Corp.
- Multi-layered keyboard alignment and compression fixture and method7 Aug 2025US 2025/0253108 A1Logitech Europe S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reduced impact keyboard with cushioned keys106US 8,132,976 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2012
- Keypads and key switches88US 6,911,608 B2Digit Wireless, LLC · 2005
- Manufacturing method of keypad for mobile phone and keypad manufactured thereby79US 7,414,213 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2008
- Legend highlighting57US 8,451,146 B2Apple Inc. · 2013
- Layered thin-type keycap structure55US 8,134,094 B2Ichia Technologies, Inc. · 2012