H01R 24/78
With additional earth or shield contacts
Official title: with additional earth or shield contacts
H01R24/78 (With additional earth or shield contacts) appears on 781 US grants and 780 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 781
- Published applications
- 780
- Assignees
- 315
- Inventors
- 1,206
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10 |
| 2003 | 6 | 4 |
| 2004 | 10 | 9 |
| 2005 | 10 | 20 |
| 2006 | 16 | 17 |
| 2007 | 18 | 17 |
| 2008 | 24 | 21 |
| 2009 | 13 | 19 |
| 2010 | 28 | 23 |
| 2011 | 29 | 27 |
| 2012 | 29 | 27 |
| 2013 | 22 | 25 |
| 2014 | 30 | 39 |
| 2015 | 24 | 46 |
| 2016 | 49 | 55 |
| 2017 | 57 | 49 |
| 2018 | 49 | 46 |
| 2019 | 60 | 47 |
| 2020 | 40 | 44 |
| 2021 | 51 | 43 |
| 2022 | 43 | 38 |
| 2023 | 41 | 45 |
| 2024 | 40 | 39 |
| 2025 | 31 | 34 |
| 2026 | 21 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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