H01H 5/04
Energy stored by deformation of elastic members
Official title: Energy stored by deformation of elastic members (by deformation of bimetallic element in thermally-actuated switches H01H37/54)
H01H5/04 (Energy stored by deformation of elastic members) appears on 308 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Switch device23 Sep 2025US 12,424,398 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Switch device9 Sep 2025US 12,412,712 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- High current, compact fusible disconnect switch with dual slider assembly and an actuator bias element4 Feb 2025US 12,217,918 B2Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Snap-action type switch21 Jan 2025US 12,205,787 B2Defond Electech Co., Ltd.
- Operating mechanism9 Apr 2024US 11,955,299 B2Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Electrical contactor comprising a spring for rapidly driving contacts18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171339 A1Safran Electrical & Power
- Pressing operation body and switch device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120979 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Push Button Switch7 Aug 2025US 2025/0253106 A1Idec Corporation
- Operating mechanism and switching device3 Jul 2025US 2025/0218699 A1Chint Low Voltage Electrical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Snap switch3 Jul 2025US 2025/0218708 A1C&K Components S.A.S.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biasing assembly for a switching device1,471US 5,944,172 AAllen-Bradley Company, Inc. · 1999
- Rocker switch with snap dome contacts167US 6,545,239 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2003
- Snap-action switch actuator84US 5,207,317 ALutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 1993
- Fusible switch48US 5,322,982 ASquare D Company · 1994
- Method of and apparatus for the cladding of steel sheet or strip with lower melting metals or alloys46US 4,321,289 ANorddeutsche Affinerie Aktiengesellschaft · 1982