H01H 2013/525
Using a return spring acting perpendicular to the actuating direction
Official title: {using a return spring acting perpendicular to the actuating direction}
H01H2013/525 (Using a return spring acting perpendicular to the actuating direction) appears on 76 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 76
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 168
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical switch106US 5,950,813 ATRW Inc. · 1999
- Keyswitch assembly having mechanism for controlling touch of keys75US 5,382,762 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Key switch with sliding mechanism and keyboard72US 6,257,782 B1Fujitsu Limited · 2001
- Push button switch63US 7,547,858 B2OMRON Corporation · 2009
- Keyswitch assembly having mechanism for controlling touch of keys47US 5,466,901 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995