H01H 19/00
Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal
Official title: Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
H01H19/00 (Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal) appears on 1,965 US grants and 1,454 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,454
- Assignees
- 914
- Inventors
- 3,581
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 37 | 31 |
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| 2004 | 55 | 53 |
| 2005 | 47 | 64 |
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| 2023 | 71 | 72 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 |
| 2025 | 53 | 64 |
| 2026 | 28 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01H 19/02Details1,237
- H01H 19/54The operating part having at least five or an unspecified number of788
- H01H 19/005Electromechanical pulse generators135
- H01H 19/001Thumb wheel switches86
- H01H 19/64Encased switches adapted for ganged operation when assembled in a line with76
- H01H 19/36The operating part having only two operative positions60
- H01H 19/46The operating part having three operative positions53
- H01H 2019/008Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinalIndexing code29
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