H01H 3/122
With enlarged actuating area
Official title: {with enlarged actuating area, e.g. of the elongated bar-type; Stabilising means therefor}
H01H3/122 (With enlarged actuating area) appears on 1,091 US grants and 1,082 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 1,091
- Published applications
- 1,082
- Assignees
- 258
- Inventors
- 1,248
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 15 |
| 2002 | 25 | 26 |
| 2003 | 32 | 31 |
| 2004 | 31 | 21 |
| 2005 | 19 | 10 |
| 2006 | 18 | 14 |
| 2007 | 13 | 21 |
| 2008 | 8 | 19 |
| 2009 | 12 | 18 |
| 2010 | 10 | 41 |
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| 2012 | 24 | 56 |
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| 2017 | 55 | 63 |
| 2018 | 83 | 85 |
| 2019 | 79 | 91 |
| 2020 | 64 | 78 |
| 2021 | 63 | 43 |
| 2022 | 57 | 48 |
| 2023 | 53 | 62 |
| 2024 | 57 | 48 |
| 2025 | 44 | 31 |
| 2026 | 12 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Stabilizer25 Aug 2026US 12,718,991 B2
- Keyboard device and electronic apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,712,139 B2Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Long-type key structure11 Aug 2026US 12,706,260 B2Primax Electronics Ltd.
- Balanced low travel key switch device4 Aug 2026US 12,700,555 B2Sunrex Technology Corp.
- Lighting keyboard, backlight module and lighting board9 Jun 2026US 12,650,551 B2Darfon Electronics Corp.
- Device having integrated interface system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277330 A1Apple Inc.
- Visually indicative keyboard10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269154 A1
- Keyboard and key module thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245813 A1Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Keyboard and key module thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245814 A1Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Keyboard and key module thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245815 A1Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tactile switch for an electronic device142US 9,620,312 B2Apple Inc. · 2017
- Antennas for electronic devices130US 7,999,748 B2Apple Inc. · 2011
- Membrane switch119US 6,600,121 B1Think Outside, Inc. · 2003
- Data processing device with a keyboard having pop-up keys118US 5,635,928 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Reduced height keyboard structure for a notebook computer112US 5,625,532 ACompaq Computer Corporation · 1997