H01H 35/02
Switches operated by change of position, inclination or orientation of the switch
Official title: Switches operated by change of position, inclination or orientation of the switch itself in relation to gravitational field (tilting mercury container H01H29/20; change of position due to change of liquid level H01H35/18)
H01H35/02 (Switches operated by change of position, inclination or orientation of the switch) appears on 249 US grants and 172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 249
- Published applications
- 172
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 330
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Centrifugal switch activated device26 May 2026US 12,641,736 B2
- Gyroscope and charging device11 Nov 2025US 12,467,751 B2Shenzhen Yike Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
- System and methods for providing orientation compensation in pointing devices29 Jul 2025US 12,374,507 B2Universal Electronics Inc.
- Tilt ball switch29 Apr 2025US 12,288,650 B2
- Gesture-based control device for controlling an electrical load22 Apr 2025US 12,283,445 B2Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Apparatus and method for detecting vehicle tilt30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334404 A1Honeywell International Inc.
- Gravity switch structure3 Jul 2025US 2025/0218712 A1Kitchen Mama LLC
- Gesture-based control device for controlling an electrical load22 May 2025US 2025/0166938 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Remote load control device capable of orientation detection15 May 2025US 2025/0157750 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Tilt indicator14 Nov 2024US 2024/0377196 A1ShockWatch, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Video game control unit and attitude sensor571US 4,817,950 A1989
- Omnidirectional tilt and vibration sensor139US 7,326,866 B2SignalQuest, Inc. · 2008
- Control-lever for a game130US 4,503,299 AThomson-Brandt · 1985
- Tilt switch array for electronic orientation detection128US 5,955,713 ACircle Seal Corporation · 1999
- Current conducting devices employing mesoscopically conductive liquids78US 6,180,873 B2Polaron Engineering Limited · 2001