H01R 13/639
Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement
Official title: Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap}
H01R13/639 (Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement) appears on 3,867 US grants and 3,471 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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- Connector mounting structure for fuel cell stack17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279870 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
- Circuit board based cable connector1,262US 6,152,754 AMasimo Corporation · 2000
- Electrical connector1,198US 7,322,859 B2ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. · 2008
- Vehicle connector lockout apparatus and method of using same1,139US 7,553,173 B2Click, LLC · 2009
- Electrical connector1,054US 5,558,533 AYazaki Corporation · 1996
- Cable tether system703US 9,267,572 B2Masimo Corporation · 2016