H01H 25/04
Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane
Official title: Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick
H01H25/04 (Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane) appears on 676 US grants and 649 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 676
- Published applications
- 649
- Assignees
- 352
- Inventors
- 1,368
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 15 |
| 2002 | 18 | 27 |
| 2003 | 42 | 36 |
| 2004 | 29 | 44 |
| 2005 | 32 | 37 |
| 2006 | 29 | 39 |
| 2007 | 30 | 49 |
| 2008 | 30 | 50 |
| 2009 | 20 | 46 |
| 2010 | 25 | 41 |
| 2011 | 21 | 28 |
| 2012 | 36 | 25 |
| 2013 | 29 | 17 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 | 16 |
| 2016 | 11 | 15 |
| 2017 | 17 | 25 |
| 2018 | 20 | 13 |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 |
| 2020 | 15 | 20 |
| 2021 | 14 | 15 |
| 2022 | 21 | 18 |
| 2023 | 16 | 18 |
| 2024 | 15 | 16 |
| 2025 | 13 | 9 |
| 2026 | 7 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Control device having control member returnable to neutral position25 Aug 2026US 12,717,370 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Rocker device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,869 B2Shanghai Flydigi Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Multidirectional input device19 May 2026US 12,633,475 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch assembly with pivotable switch cover21 Apr 2026US 12,609,253 B2Pass & Seymour, Inc.
- Multi-directional input device10 Feb 2026US 12,547,202 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Switch device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245809 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Controller and key assembly9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192187 A1Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Button structure12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044173 A1Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Joystick device12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044174 A1Waken Industries Inc.
- Multi-Directional Input Device4 Dec 2025US 2025/0370554 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Composite operation switch1,349US 6,555,770 B2Alps Electric Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Trigger operated electronic device901US 6,850,221 B1Interlink Electronics, Inc. · 2005
- Foot-operated control system for a multi-function440US 5,883,615 ALiebel-Flarsheim Company · 1999
- Multifunctional keypad on touch screen384US 6,597,345 B2Jetway Technologies Ltd. · 2003
- Switch apparatus331US 4,246,452 AMattel, Inc. · 1981