H01H 23/28
Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking
Official title: with three operating positions
H01H23/28 (Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking) appears on 134 US grants and 119 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 119
- Assignees
- 115
- Inventors
- 312
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
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| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Input device25 Nov 2025US 12,482,616 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch device30 Sep 2025US 12,431,306 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Input device23 Sep 2025US 12,424,396 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch device23 Sep 2025US 12,424,398 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Switch device9 Sep 2025US 12,412,712 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Switch device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072464 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Paddle-style handset control and height adjustable desk23 Oct 2025US 2025/0329507 A1Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology Co., Ltd.
- Rocker device with automatic center returning function2 Oct 2025US 2025/0308818 A1MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd.
- Switch arrangements for ultrasonic surgical instruments24 Apr 2025US 2025/0127536 A1Cilag GmbH International
- An integrated three position rocker switch18 Jul 2024US 2024/0242905 A1Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Switch arrangements for ultrasonic surgical instruments1,444US 9,439,668 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Rocker switch1,345US 7,838,789 B2Coactive Technologies, Inc. · 2010
- Rocker switch with centering torsion spring1,233US 6,566,619 B2ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. · 2003
- Two-stage movement seesaw switch apparatus169US 5,693,920 AAlps Electric Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Rocker switch with snap dome contacts167US 6,545,239 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2003