H01R 12/856
Activated by shape memory material
Official title: {activated by shape memory material}
H01R12/856 (Activated by shape memory material) appears on 32 US grants and 17 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 17
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 45
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Connector with substrate25 Nov 2025US 12,482,967 B2Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Connectors using shape memory alloy8 Oct 2024US 12,113,310 B2Seagate Technology LLC
- Conductive connector29 Jun 2021US 11,050,175 B1Acacia Communications, Inc.
- Conductive connector2 Jun 2020US 10,673,161 B1Acacia Communications, Inc.
- Adjusting an opening of a card edge connector using a set of electroactive polymers1 Jan 2019US 10,170,850 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Cantilever contact support using memory metal structure2 Jan 2025US 2025/0007196 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Connector with substrate25 Jan 2024US 2024/0030632 A1Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Connectors using shape memory alloy2 Jun 2022US 2022/0173539 A1Seagate Technology LLC
- Card edge connector using a set of electroactive polymers18 May 2017US 2017/0141497 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Card edge connector using a set of electroactive polymers18 May 2017US 2017/0141501 A1International Business Machines Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular die sockets with flexible interconnects for packaging bare semiconductor die130US 6,089,920 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 2000
- Electrical connector using shape memory alloy coil springs112US 5,092,781 AAMP Incorporated · 1992
- Zero insertion force connector actuated by a stored shape member32US 4,846,729 AThe Furukawa Electic Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Zero insertion force connector having integral unloading means29US 4,252,389 AAMP Incorporated · 1981
- Shape memory actuators for multi-contact electrical connectors21US 4,643,500 ABeta Phase, Inc. · 1987