H01H 50/546
For contactors having bridging contacts
Official title: {for contactors having bridging contacts}
H01H50/546 (For contactors having bridging contacts) appears on 636 US grants and 759 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 636
- Published applications
- 759
- Assignees
- 216
- Inventors
- 988
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 58 | 76 |
| 2025 | 57 | 58 |
| 2026 | 31 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Movable contact module, movable contact assembly, movable contact device and contactor11 Aug 2026US 12,706,264 B2Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Elastic member and relay11 Aug 2026US 12,706,265 B2Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Electromechanical relay and monitoring switch for an electromechanical relay4 Aug 2026US 12,700,556 B2TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
- High-voltage arc quenching systems and electrical switching devices comprising the same16 Jun 2026US 12,658,382 B2TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
- Direct current contactor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302117 A1Kunshan GLVAC YuanTong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Switching device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279713 A1
- Electromagnetic relay3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260832 A1OMRON Corporation
- Switching device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253825 A1Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
- Single-phase contactor actuation mechanism27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253826 A1Safran Power USA, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plunger type electromagnetic relay with arc extinguishing structure92US 5,546,061 ANippondenso Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Electromagnetic switching apparatus68US 6,911,884 B2Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 2005
- Contact device63US 8,138,872 B2OMRON Corporation · 2012
- Solenoid switch contact and mounting assembly60US 5,021,760 AClum Manufacturing Company, Inc. · 1991
- Contact device56US 7,859,373 B2Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. · 2010