H01R 4/62
Connections between conductors of different materials
Official title: Connections between conductors of different materials; Connections between or with aluminium or steel-core aluminium conductors (H01R4/68 takes precedence)
H01R4/62 (Connections between conductors of different materials) appears on 583 US grants and 680 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 583
- Published applications
- 680
- Assignees
- 299
- Inventors
- 1,209
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2025 | 17 | 18 |
| 2026 | 8 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Welded joint arrangement for cooled power transmission18 Aug 2026US 12,712,290 B2
- Material/gauge transition connectors for photovoltaic wiring systems18 Aug 2026US 12,712,488 B2Voltage, LLC
- Method for forming a connection between a busbar and a contact section, a busbar having a contact section and power distribution system having such busbar11 Aug 2026US 12,706,426 B2Rogers Corporation
- Connection assembly and method for producing a connection assembly21 Jul 2026US 12,689,138 B2TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
- Terminal assembly and method for fabrication thereof26 May 2026US 12,640,504 B2Changchun Jetty Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
- Improved cable connecting piece8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312306 A1Safetrack Infrasystems SISAB AB
- Connection structure, bus bar, and connector6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229793 A1Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Connection structure, bus bar, and terminal block6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229828 A1Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Combined terminal, connector and connector assembly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213449 A1Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Electrical connection unit16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204811 A1Yazaki Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Corrosion proof terminal for aluminum wire78US 3,955,044 AAMP Incorporated · 1976
- Mechanical and electrical connection between an extruded metal profile and a cast metal member76US 4,961,712 ASchroff GmbH · 1990
- Electrical connector contacts59US 4,210,381 AAmerace Corporation · 1980
- Connection of an electrical aluminum cable with a connection piece of copper or similar material56US 6,538,203 B1Auto Kabel Managementgesellschaft mbH · 2003
- Composite reinforced electrical transmission conductor55US 7,015,395 B2Gift Technologies, LLC · 2006