H01H 36/004
Push-button-operated
Official title: {push-button-operated, e.g. for keyboards}
H01H36/004 (Push-button-operated) appears on 50 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 50
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 104
- Latest grant
- 27 May 2025
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hall effect keyboard27 May 2025US 12,316,314 B1Finalmouse LLC
- System and method for a mouse with magnetic scroll wheel28 Jan 2025US 12,210,694 B1Dell Products L. P.
- Button deck with non-penetrating pushbutton19 Nov 2024US 12,148,586 B2Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Push switch18 Jun 2024US 12,014,887 B2Nippon Aleph Corporation
- Bistable retractable buttons11 Jun 2024US 12,009,162 B2Apple Inc.
- Hall effect keyboard22 Jan 2026US 2026/0025136 A1Finalmouse LLC
- Rollable electronic device comprising button structure1 May 2025US 2025/0140496 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Button deck with non-penetrating pushbutton30 Jan 2025US 2025/0037950 A1Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Button deck with non-penetrating pushbutton16 May 2024US 2024/0161987 A1Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Electronic heating device11 Jan 2024US 2024/0008541 A1Shenzhen Relx Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Control push-button device for switching an electronic or electric circuit41US 4,303,856 A1981
- Keyboard structure having panel mounted key actuators with electrical component operating element39US 3,940,578 AAlphameric Keyboards Limited · 1976
- Plunger operated magnetic contact switch assembly26US 4,336,518 ASentrol, Inc. · 1982
- Key switch22US 4,453,148 A1984
- Magnetically actuated illuminating warning device for circuit breakers16US 4,611,201 A1986