H01R 12/515
Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables
Official title: {Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables}
H01R12/515 (Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables) appears on 484 US grants and 438 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 484
- Published applications
- 438
- Assignees
- 287
- Inventors
- 956
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 13 | 8 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 |
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| 2006 | 10 | 11 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 18 | 11 |
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| 2013 | 8 | 28 |
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| 2016 | 26 | 18 |
| 2017 | 34 | 23 |
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| 2019 | 35 | 40 |
| 2020 | 30 | 19 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 |
| 2022 | 17 | 32 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 |
| 2024 | 12 | 31 |
| 2025 | 21 | 13 |
| 2026 | 16 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Terminal block assembly, substrate and method of manufacture thereof9 Jun 2026US 12,651,854 B2Black & Decker Inc.
- Connector module and assembly method thereof with detachable cable connector2 Jun 2026US 12,646,876 B2Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
- Surface mount electrical connector10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269493 A1Lumileds LLC
- Connector module with detachable cable connector10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269500 A1Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
- Connector module with improved heat dissipation performance23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213444 A1Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
- Connector module and assembly method thereof with pressing block23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213445 A1Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
- IDC Terminal9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196743 A1Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical connection system with discrete wire interconnections142US 5,741,161 APCD Inc. · 1998
- Screwless type electrical terminal block108US 4,759,726 AReed Devices, Inc. · 1988
- Terminal block101US 4,595,248 A1986
- Contact element for a connecting terminal, connecting terminal, and plug link for a contact element96US 7,845,969 B2MC Technology GmbH · 2010
- Electrical connecting terminal93US 7,597,594 B2MC Technology GmbH · 2009