H01H 71/02
Housings
Official title: Housings; Casings; Bases; Mountings
H01H71/02 (Housings) appears on 1,120 US grants and 935 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01H- Granted patents
- 1,120
- Published applications
- 935
- Assignees
- 255
- Inventors
- 1,961
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 3 |
| 2002 | 18 | 20 |
| 2003 | 19 | 16 |
| 2004 | 16 | 17 |
| 2005 | 20 | 10 |
| 2006 | 12 | 18 |
| 2007 | 13 | 22 |
| 2008 | 8 | 34 |
| 2009 | 22 | 29 |
| 2010 | 22 | 27 |
| 2011 | 25 | 28 |
| 2012 | 19 | 25 |
| 2013 | 28 | 30 |
| 2014 | 32 | 36 |
| 2015 | 26 | 55 |
| 2016 | 55 | 70 |
| 2017 | 76 | 64 |
| 2018 | 66 | 71 |
| 2019 | 83 | 46 |
| 2020 | 37 | 55 |
| 2021 | 43 | 44 |
| 2022 | 45 | 50 |
| 2023 | 42 | 51 |
| 2024 | 40 | 37 |
| 2025 | 43 | 41 |
| 2026 | 19 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01H 71/0207Mounting or assembling the different parts of the circuit breaker584
- H01H 71/0264Mountings or coverplates for complete assembled circuit breakers275
- H01H 71/025Constructional details of housings or casings not concerning the mounting or assembly208
- H01H 2071/0292Housing or frames containing grooves or slots for guiding movable partsIndexing code30
Recent patents
- Sealed electrical devices6 Oct 2026US 12,755,917 B2Sensata Technologies, Inc.
- Electrical equipment management8 Sep 2026US 12,731,966 B2Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
- Protective wiring device11 Aug 2026US 12,706,266 B2Pass & Seymour, Inc.
- Rapid safety switch and rapid safety switch system14 Jul 2026US 12,683,103 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Universal circuit interrupter mounting assemblies14 Jul 2026US 12,683,107 B2Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Circuit breaker and manufacturing method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311947 A1Delta Electronics (Jiangsu) Ltd.
- Breaker Lockout with Pivoting Clamping Surface17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279696 A1Tradebase Holdings LC
- Sealed electrical devices13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237583 A1Sensata Technologies, Inc.
- Circuit breaker, power converter, energy storage system, and electric vehicle6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229429 A1Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Instantaneous trip apparatus of molded case circuit breaker30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221366 A1Ls Electric Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Display device201US 7,687,808 B2Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 2010
- Circuit breaker with removable display and keypad167US 4,870,531 AGeneral Electric Company · 1989
- Single or multipole circuit breaker136US 5,451,729 AEllenberger & Poensgen GmbH · 1995
- Display device127US 7,964,876 B2Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 2011
- Molded case circuit breaker with removable arc chutes and disengageable transmission system between the operating mechanism and the poles116US 4,764,650 AMerlin Gerin · 1988