H01R 12/592
Connections to contact elements
Official title: {connections to contact elements}
H01R12/592 (Connections to contact elements) appears on 602 US grants and 554 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2025 | 20 | 13 |
| 2026 | 21 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Connector and connector assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,744,339 B2Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Connector for flexible circuitry electrical interface15 Sep 2026US 12,738,676 B2Spark Biomedical, Inc.
- Connector that is mounted on mounting object of sheet type having plurality of flexible conductors and that is to be fitted with counter connector in fitting direction25 Aug 2026US 12,719,193 B2Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- I/O device connector with internal cable connections11 Aug 2026US 12,706,405 B2Intel Corporation
- Connector11 Aug 2026US 12,706,412 B2Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Connector17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280168 A1Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
- Substrate and cable assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282228 A1Nissei Electric Co., Ltd.
- High voltage electrical connector27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254142 A1Aptiv Technologies AG
- Surge protection device for wireless communications13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237933 A1
- High-speed differential pair flat cable with modular twisted-pair data connector30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221318 A1Aptiv Technologies AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical connector configured as a fastening element161US 7,462,035 B2Physical Optics Corporation · 2008
- Controlled impedance cable connector123US 6,524,135 B13M Innovative Properties Company · 2003
- Twinax coaxial flat cable connector assembly117US 6,273,753 B1Hon Hai Precision Ind.Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Inherently sealed electrical connector106US 7,731,517 B2Physical Optics Corporation · 2010
- Methods and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in electrical connectors83US 7,252,554 B2Panduit Corp. · 2007