H01H 2025/004
The operating member being depressable perpendicular to the other directions
Official title: {the operating member being depressable perpendicular to the other directions}
H01H2025/004 (The operating member being depressable perpendicular to the other directions) appears on 56 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 56
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 125
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mechanical slider for headphones7 Apr 2026US 12,598,410 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Slide button actuators29 Apr 2025US 12,285,675 B2Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
- Switching device30 Jul 2024US 12,051,552 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Operation device28 Nov 2023US 11,830,689 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Device with movable buttons or switches and tactile identifier8 Aug 2023US 11,721,501 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Slide button actuators10 Jul 2025US 2025/0222346 A1Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
- Mechanical slider for headphones20 Jun 2024US 2024/0205586 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Device with movable buttons or switches and tactile identifier8 Sep 2022US 2022/0285107 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Switching device4 Aug 2022US 2022/0246374 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Operation Device24 Feb 2022US 2022/0059303 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Input device and electronic apparatus using same86US 8,143,981 B2OMRON Corporation · 2012
- Tactile feedback mechanism for a multidirectional switch33US 5,721,405 AKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho · 1998
- Miniature keyboard with sliding keys25US 5,383,735 ASmith Corona Corporation · 1995
- Multi-operational electronic device19US 6,720,504 B2Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Pedal with sliding and locking mechanisms for surgical robots18US 10,503,199 B1Verb Surgical Inc. · 2019