H01R 12/616
Having contacts penetrating insulation for making contact with conductors
Official title: {having contacts penetrating insulation for making contact with conductors, e.g. needle points}
H01R12/616 (Having contacts penetrating insulation for making contact with conductors) appears on 136 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 136
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 212
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 12 |
| 2013 | 14 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Housing assembly for a plier-operated insulation-displacement connector7 Apr 2026US 12,597,717 B2TE Connectivity Nederland BV
- Planar electrical wiring system and method and distribution system5 Aug 2025US 12,381,341 B2Acquire Industries Ltd.
- Electrical assembly29 Jul 2025US 12,374,816 B2Lear Corporation
- Securement of a shell to an insulator body11 Jun 2024US 12,009,611 B2P-Two Industries Inc.
- Flat flexible conductive fluid sensor cable and connector19 Sep 2023US 11,761,843 B2PICA Product Development, LLC
- Electrical assembly23 May 2024US 2024/0170874 A1Lear Corporation
- Flat flexible conductive fluid sensor cable and connector23 Nov 2023US 2023/0375432 A1PICA Product Development, LLC
- Housing Assembly for a Plier-Operated Insulation-Displacement Connector2 Nov 2023US 2023/0352857 A1TE Connectivity Nederland BV
- Cable connector16 Mar 2023US 2023/0085117 A1Xiamen Ghgm Industrial Trade Co., Ltd.
- Thin type lock and unlock connector9 Mar 2023US 2023/0074043 A1P-Two Industries Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and assembly of member and terminal1,576US 5,611,709 AValleylab, Inc. · 1997
- Flat cable termination80US 4,560,224 AAMP Incorporated · 1985
- Method for shielding flat circuit body, shielded flat circuit body, and wiring harness75US 7,329,141 B2Yazaki Corporation · 2008
- Flat cable wiring harness and method of producing same69US 4,065,199 AMethode Electronics, Inc. · 1977
- Branch connector for electrically connecting two electrical conductors53US 5,199,899 ASociete Labinal · 1993