H01R 12/61
Connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
Official title: connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
H01R12/61 (Connecting to flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures) appears on 453 US grants and 351 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 453
- Published applications
- 351
- Assignees
- 257
- Inventors
- 907
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 17 | 14 |
| 2003 | 11 | 15 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11 |
| 2006 | 11 | 13 |
| 2007 | 8 | 1 |
| 2008 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 12 |
| 2011 | 5 | 14 |
| 2012 | 9 | 19 |
| 2013 | 19 | 21 |
| 2014 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 8 | 14 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6 |
| 2017 | 21 | 12 |
| 2018 | 14 | 15 |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020 | 17 | 26 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 |
| 2022 | 15 | 20 |
| 2023 | 15 | 17 |
| 2024 | 17 | 20 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 14 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Connector for flexible circuitry electrical interface15 Sep 2026US 12,738,676 B2Spark Biomedical, Inc.
- Electronic device including connector1 Sep 2026US 12,725,948 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Connection connecting technique for an LED profile system, and LED profile system1 Sep 2026US 12,725,992 B2Stephan Engineering GmbH
- Display apparatus21 Jul 2026US 12,687,747 B2Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonically bonding a flexible electronic circuit element having a plurality of vias9 Jun 2026US 12,651,880 B2St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Flexible flat cable with terminal and method for manufacturing same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204456 A1Proterial, Ltd.
- Flat flexible cable harness assembly14 May 2026US 2026/0135015 A1TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
- Methods And Systems For Terminal-Free Circuit Connectors And Flexible Multilayered Interconnect Circuits9 Apr 2026US 2026/0100528 A1CelLink Corporation
- Interconnection of printed circuit boards with nanowires19 Feb 2026US 2026/0051675 A1AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
- Terminal Carrier and Connector Assembly Device13 Nov 2025US 2025/0350047 A1Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and assembly of member and terminal1,576US 5,611,709 AValleylab, Inc. · 1997
- Cam-actuated terminal connector158US 5,961,344 AYazaki Corporation · 1999
- Thermally responsive electrical connector143US 4,621,882 ABeta Phase, Inc. · 1986
- Connecting method100US 4,157,932 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1979
- Cable terminal connector100US 4,639,054 AIntelligent Storage Inc. · 1987