H01R 12/85
Contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or
Official title: contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or like structures
H01R12/85 (Contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or) appears on 1,510 US grants and 1,077 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 1,510
- Published applications
- 1,077
- Assignees
- 433
- Inventors
- 1,980
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 17 |
| 2002 | 65 | 47 |
| 2003 | 50 | 45 |
| 2004 | 66 | 52 |
| 2005 | 44 | 53 |
| 2006 | 71 | 63 |
| 2007 | 57 | 74 |
| 2008 | 62 | 64 |
| 2009 | 57 | 73 |
| 2010 | 74 | 58 |
| 2011 | 55 | 49 |
| 2012 | 43 | 50 |
| 2013 | 33 | 36 |
| 2014 | 39 | 34 |
| 2015 | 37 | 27 |
| 2016 | 32 | 34 |
| 2017 | 47 | 35 |
| 2018 | 33 | 28 |
| 2019 | 30 | 46 |
| 2020 | 40 | 30 |
| 2021 | 32 | 42 |
| 2022 | 28 | 25 |
| 2023 | 21 | 28 |
| 2024 | 20 | 26 |
| 2025 | 24 | 22 |
| 2026 | 12 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01R 12/88Acting manually by rotating or pivoting connector housing parts896
- H01R 12/89Acting manually by moving connector housing parts linearly347
- H01R 12/87Acting automatically by insertion of rigid printed or like structures163
- H01R 12/856Activated by shape memory material32
- H01R 12/853Fluid activated26
Recent patents
- Connector for flexible circuitry electrical interface15 Sep 2026US 12,738,676 B2Spark Biomedical, Inc.
- Ribbon conductor connector and ribbon conductor1 Sep 2026US 12,725,951 B2Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Compliant pressure lid for processor socket hardware1 Sep 2026US 12,725,952 B2Amphenol Corporation
- Ribbon conductor connector1 Sep 2026US 12,725,953 B2Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Electrical connector for flat conductor28 Jul 2026US 12,695,221 B2Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Electrical connector for flat conductor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254167 A1Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
- Robust, miniaturized ffc connector6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229803 A1Fci USA LLC
- Flexible flat cable connector9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196755 A1Hamburg (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
- Electrical connector9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196756 A1Fujikura Ltd.
- Thin-film circuit connector assembly9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196784 A1Molex Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flex circuit connector916US 5,482,473 AMiniMed Inc. · 1996
- Zero insertion force connector154US 4,159,861 AInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation · 1979
- Contact driver146US 4,076,362 AJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited · 1978
- Trifurcated card edge terminal144US 4,288,139 AAMP Incorporated · 1981
- Modular die sockets with flexible interconnects for packaging bare semiconductor die130US 6,089,920 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 2000