H01R 12/52
Connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
Official title: connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R12/52 (Connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures) appears on 1,986 US grants and 1,579 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 1,986
- Published applications
- 1,579
- Assignees
- 763
- Inventors
- 3,494
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 32 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 40 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 55 | 0 |
| 2001 | 91 | 32 |
| 2002 | 65 | 81 |
| 2003 | 71 | 71 |
| 2004 | 89 | 103 |
| 2005 | 80 | 101 |
| 2006 | 95 | 88 |
| 2007 | 58 | 100 |
| 2008 | 95 | 113 |
| 2009 | 76 | 88 |
| 2010 | 77 | 65 |
| 2011 | 57 | 33 |
| 2012 | 39 | 39 |
| 2013 | 40 | 31 |
| 2014 | 18 | 33 |
| 2015 | 42 | 40 |
| 2016 | 44 | 26 |
| 2017 | 52 | 52 |
| 2018 | 42 | 63 |
| 2019 | 73 | 83 |
| 2020 | 69 | 66 |
| 2021 | 67 | 68 |
| 2022 | 53 | 70 |
| 2023 | 35 | 45 |
| 2024 | 43 | 45 |
| 2025 | 44 | 29 |
| 2026 | 25 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Connector module and electronic device15 Sep 2026US 12,738,691 B2Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
- Power converter package with copper-bar thermally-enhanced interposers to cooling fins1 Sep 2026US 12,727,129 B2Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
- Connector to electrically couple multiple substrates25 Aug 2026US 12,719,185 B2Intel Corporation
- Prefabricated rubber socket11 Aug 2026US 12,704,526 B2
- Power module28 Jul 2026US 12,695,023 B2Delta Electronics, Inc.
- Surface mount electrical connector10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269493 A1Lumileds LLC
- Test access port expander27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254138 A1Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
- Electronics Connector20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246172 A1Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Plastic Board Connection Structure16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204818 A1Ningbo Luhai Bojiang Leisure Products Co., Ltd.
- Press-fit connector with modular components11 Jun 2026US 2026/0163293 A1Ennovi Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sockets for electronic components and methods of connecting to electronic components453US 5,772,451 AForm Factor, Inc. · 1998
- Method of manufacturing electrical contacts, using a sacrificial member437US 5,476,211 AForm Factor, Inc. · 1995
- Method of planarizing tips of probe elements of a probe card assembly397US 5,974,662 AFormFactor, Inc. · 1999
- Flexible contact structure with an electrically conductive shell340US 5,917,707 AFormFactor, Inc. · 1999
- Method of fabricating an interconnection element335US 6,336,269 B12002