H01R 13/629
Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts
Official title: Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)}
H01R13/629 (Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts) appears on 7,761 US grants and 6,957 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 7,761
- Published applications
- 6,957
- Assignees
- 2,210
- Inventors
- 12,396
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 53 | 0 |
| 1990 | 58 | 0 |
| 1991 | 52 | 0 |
| 1992 | 65 | 0 |
| 1993 | 67 | 0 |
| 1994 | 82 | 0 |
| 1995 | 94 | 0 |
| 1996 | 90 | 0 |
| 1997 | 90 | 0 |
| 1998 | 118 | 0 |
| 1999 | 152 | 0 |
| 2000 | 210 | 0 |
| 2001 | 203 | 52 |
| 2002 | 159 | 167 |
| 2003 | 163 | 149 |
| 2004 | 202 | 182 |
| 2005 | 185 | 180 |
| 2006 | 191 | 199 |
| 2007 | 205 | 192 |
| 2008 | 193 | 182 |
| 2009 | 161 | 188 |
| 2010 | 184 | 179 |
| 2011 | 188 | 189 |
| 2012 | 146 | 174 |
| 2013 | 158 | 213 |
| 2014 | 155 | 271 |
| 2015 | 267 | 291 |
| 2016 | 322 | 267 |
| 2017 | 351 | 317 |
| 2018 | 352 | 421 |
| 2019 | 432 | 382 |
| 2020 | 393 | 391 |
| 2021 | 319 | 401 |
| 2022 | 338 | 435 |
| 2023 | 288 | 392 |
| 2024 | 261 | 448 |
| 2025 | 335 | 378 |
| 2026 | 247 | 317 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01R 13/631For engagement only2,758
- H01R 13/633For disengagement only2,046
- H01R 13/62933Comprising exclusively pivoting lever1,537
- H01R 13/62905Comprising a camming member601
- H01R 13/62977Pivoting levers actuating linearly camming means186
- H01R 13/62983Linear camming means or pivoting lever for connectors for flexible or rigid139
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