H01H 3/02
Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external
Official title: Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
H01H3/02 (Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external) appears on 3,795 US grants and 2,908 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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| 2024 | 133 | 112 |
| 2025 | 84 | 81 |
| 2026 | 40 | 68 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01H 3/12Push-buttons1,352
- H01H 3/16Adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the617
- H01H 3/14Adapted for operation by a part of the human body other than539
- H01H 3/20Wherein an auxiliary movement thereof, or of an attachment thereto, is necessary306
- H01H 3/022Emergency operating parts218
- H01H 3/08Turn knobs203
- H01H 2003/0293With an integrated touch switchIndexing code177
- H01H 3/0213Combined operation of electric switch and variable impedance136
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- H01H 3/04Levers124
- H01H 3/0206Combined operation of electric switch and of fluid control device103
- H01H 2003/026Specially adapted to avoid injury to occupants of a car during anIndexing code21
- H01H 3/0253Two co-operating contacts actuated independently21
- H01H 2003/0286Having a weak point breaking or uncoupling on abnormal external forceIndexing code20
- H01H 2003/0273Manually irreversibly actuated switchIndexing code18
- H01H 2003/0266Operating part bringable in an inoperative position by an electrical driveIndexing code8
- H01H 2003/028Rotating knob or lever or tumbler that can be turned or pushedIndexing code8
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- Method of making a composite article including a body having a decorative metal plate attached thereto1,527US 4,604,786 AThe Grigoleit Company · 1986
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