H01R 13/40
Securing contact members in or to a base or case
Official title: Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
H01R13/40 (Securing contact members in or to a base or case) appears on 7,244 US grants and 6,613 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 7,244
- Published applications
- 6,613
- Assignees
- 1,528
- Inventors
- 9,782
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 26 | 0 |
| 1977 | 34 | 0 |
| 1978 | 40 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | 23 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 30 | 0 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 |
| 1985 | 23 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 38 | 0 |
| 1988 | 52 | 0 |
| 1989 | 33 | 0 |
| 1990 | 57 | 0 |
| 1991 | 57 | 0 |
| 1992 | 60 | 0 |
| 1993 | 78 | 0 |
| 1994 | 70 | 0 |
| 1995 | 74 | 0 |
| 1996 | 98 | 0 |
| 1997 | 135 | 0 |
| 1998 | 131 | 0 |
| 1999 | 156 | 0 |
| 2000 | 143 | 0 |
| 2001 | 131 | 54 |
| 2002 | 124 | 110 |
| 2003 | 112 | 106 |
| 2004 | 125 | 136 |
| 2005 | 107 | 155 |
| 2006 | 157 | 124 |
| 2007 | 116 | 134 |
| 2008 | 128 | 130 |
| 2009 | 130 | 171 |
| 2010 | 156 | 133 |
| 2011 | 117 | 131 |
| 2012 | 112 | 138 |
| 2013 | 96 | 190 |
| 2014 | 146 | 212 |
| 2015 | 225 | 251 |
| 2016 | 296 | 269 |
| 2017 | 343 | 307 |
| 2018 | 358 | 416 |
| 2019 | 426 | 453 |
| 2020 | 449 | 515 |
| 2021 | 411 | 472 |
| 2022 | 385 | 478 |
| 2023 | 317 | 385 |
| 2024 | 220 | 430 |
| 2025 | 345 | 383 |
| 2026 | 250 | 330 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Connector assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,756,123 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Connector including locking lance6 Oct 2026US 12,756,124 B2Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Connector terminal and connector6 Oct 2026US 12,756,125 B2SIBAS Electronics (Xiamen) Co. Ltd.
- Interlocking connector design for electrical connectors6 Oct 2026US 12,756,126 B2Aptiv Technologies AG
- Connector including deformable spacer with terminal locking portion6 Oct 2026US 12,756,127 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Connector including plurality of joints aligned in two rows8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312317 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Split module for modular connector assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312318 A1Aptiv Technologies AG
- Electrical connector with improved terminals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312321 A1Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
- Connector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312322 A1Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
- Electrical contact element, plug connector insert, and modular industrial plug connector comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312323 A1HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Connector with plural housings accommodated in a casing1,496US 6,638,108 B2Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. · 2003
- Contact assembly for an electrical connector513US 8,465,332 B2Tyco Electronics Corporation · 2013
- Electrical connector assembly having signal and power terminals383US 6,746,284 B1Hon Hai Precision Ind.Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Junction box for solar modules295US 4,460,232 AAMP Incorporated · 1984
- Electrical connector having a deformable lock arm260US 8,920,186 B2Tyco Electronics Japan G. K. · 2014