H01R 13/642
By position or shape of contact members
Official title: by position or shape of contact members
H01R13/642 (By position or shape of contact members) appears on 502 US grants and 490 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 502
- Published applications
- 490
- Assignees
- 319
- Inventors
- 1,050
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 12 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 |
| 2010 | 12 | 10 |
| 2011 | 11 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 10 | 24 |
| 2014 | 11 | 22 |
| 2015 | 28 | 33 |
| 2016 | 33 | 29 |
| 2017 | 39 | 36 |
| 2018 | 24 | 37 |
| 2019 | 41 | 34 |
| 2020 | 28 | 28 |
| 2021 | 22 | 34 |
| 2022 | 29 | 21 |
| 2023 | 21 | 25 |
| 2024 | 17 | 30 |
| 2025 | 19 | 17 |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Connector locking device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,141 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Connection structure of wiring materials29 Sep 2026US 12,749,852 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Structure for detection of the number of items in an electrical connector1 Sep 2026US 12,725,975 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Connector systems for breathing apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,708,802 B2Draeger Safety UK Limited
- Connector saver device and method18 Aug 2026US 12,712,314 B2Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.
- Terminal position assurance for electrical connector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312338 A1Aptiv Technologies AG
- Shock-resistant optical and electrical hybrid connector24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287824 A1Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Coaxial connector and coaxial connector unit17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280193 A1Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
- Connector Inspection Device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269529 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Connector with terminal position assurance6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229805 A1J. S. T. Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical connector assemblies227US 4,764,129 ABritish Telecommunications plc · 1988
- Discriminating medical electrode connector158US 4,915,656 APhysio-Control, Inc. · 1990
- Keyed electrical connector with main and auxiliary electrical contacts157US 4,990,099 AHigh Voltage Engineering Corporation · 1991
- Connector assembly that prevents polarization problems and uses a single aperture to perform both latching functions and guide functions157US 6,146,210 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Card-type electronic device with plastic frame sandwiched between printed circuit boarding metal panel150US 5,784,259 ASeiko Epson Corporation · 1998