H01H 25/041
Having a generally flat operating member depressible at different locations to operate
Official title: {having a generally flat operating member depressible at different locations to operate different controls}
H01H25/041 (Having a generally flat operating member depressible at different locations to operate) appears on 478 US grants and 451 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 478
- Published applications
- 451
- Assignees
- 267
- Inventors
- 941
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 33 | 32 |
| 2004 | 25 | 37 |
| 2005 | 29 | 29 |
| 2006 | 23 | 33 |
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| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01H 2025/043The operating member being rotatable around wobbling axis for additional switching functionsIndexing code89
- H01H 2025/046Having a spherical bearing between operating member and housing or bezelIndexing code42
- H01H 2025/045Having a rotating dial around the operating member for additional switching functionsIndexing code36
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By later US patents
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