H01H 2001/0042
Bistable switches, i.e. having two stable positions requiring only actuating energy for
Official title: {Bistable switches, i.e. having two stable positions requiring only actuating energy for switching between them, e.g. with snap membrane or by permanent magnet}
H01H2001/0042 (Bistable switches, i.e. having two stable positions requiring only actuating energy for) appears on 199 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Relay, and method for operating a relay12 May 2026US 12,626,871 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Micro-electromechanical system switch and communication device29 Apr 2025US 12,288,649 B2Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Ignition interrupter and related methods29 Aug 2023US 11,739,723 B1Zombiebox International LLC
- Actuator with buckling member stability24 Jan 2023US 11,560,919 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Package-integrated bistable switch for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection11 Jan 2022US 11,222,856 B2Intel Corporation
- Relay9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196432 A1Xiamen Hongfa Electric Power Controls Co., Ltd.
- Micro-electromechanical system switch and communication device19 Sep 2024US 2024/0312730 A1Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Relay, and method for operating a relay13 Jun 2024US 2024/0194423 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
- Methods and apparatus to thermally actuate microelectromechanical structures devices2 Mar 2023US 2023/0068451 A1
- Package-integrated bistable switch for electrostatic discharge (esd) protection24 Mar 2022US 2022/0093531 A1Intel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bistable microelectromechanical actuator511US 5,867,302 ASandia Corporation · 1999
- Microminiature, monolithic, variable electrical signal processor and apparatus including same455US 5,526,172 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1996
- Shape-memory alloy micro-actuator445US 5,061,914 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1991
- Electric display device400US 5,233,459 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1993
- Spatial light modulator315US 5,784,189 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1998