H01H 2237/006
Guided plunger or ball
H01H2237/006 (Guided plunger or ball) appears on 36 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 36
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Input device25 Nov 2025US 12,482,616 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Multi-directional input device28 May 2024US 11,996,247 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch for vehicle and vehicle27 Feb 2024US 11,915,892 B2Nio Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd
- Switch assembly28 Feb 2023US 11,594,384 B2Aptiv Technologies AG
- Power seat operating device having seesaw type switch for vehicle21 Feb 2023US 11,584,260 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Electronic device26 Feb 2026US 2026/0059676 A1Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Input device21 Mar 2024US 2024/0096572 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch Assembly5 Jan 2023US 2023/0005678 A1Aptiv Technologies AG
- Multi-Directional Input Device5 Jan 2023US 2023/0005681 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch device22 Sep 2022US 2022/0301792 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
Most cited
By later US patents
- Keyboard with metal cover and improved switches92US 4,771,139 A1988
- Keyboard switch assembly with improved pushbutton and associated double snap acting actuator/contactor structure85US 3,978,297 AChomerics, Inc. · 1976
- Backlighted illuminated keyboard84US 4,449,024 AKB Denver, Inc. · 1984
- Dual load control device48US 8,289,716 B2Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 2012
- Two-stage rubber switch38US 5,115,108 AYazaki Corporation · 1992