H01R 43/00
Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of
Official title: Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors (of trolley lines B60M1/28)
H01R43/00 (Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of) appears on 13,891 US grants and 11,664 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 13,891
- Published applications
- 11,664
- Assignees
- 3,559
- Inventors
- 21,458
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 109 | 0 |
| 1977 | 114 | 0 |
| 1978 | 82 | 0 |
| 1979 | 78 | 0 |
| 1980 | 91 | 0 |
| 1981 | 96 | 0 |
| 1982 | 107 | 0 |
| 1983 | 127 | 0 |
| 1984 | 108 | 0 |
| 1985 | 134 | 0 |
| 1986 | 171 | 0 |
| 1987 | 154 | 0 |
| 1988 | 174 | 0 |
| 1989 | 182 | 0 |
| 1990 | 174 | 0 |
| 1991 | 175 | 0 |
| 1992 | 190 | 0 |
| 1993 | 192 | 0 |
| 1994 | 150 | 0 |
| 1995 | 158 | 0 |
| 1996 | 186 | 0 |
| 1997 | 210 | 0 |
| 1998 | 253 | 0 |
| 1999 | 249 | 0 |
| 2000 | 274 | 0 |
| 2001 | 287 | 121 |
| 2002 | 232 | 204 |
| 2003 | 211 | 264 |
| 2004 | 269 | 306 |
| 2005 | 213 | 288 |
| 2006 | 262 | 286 |
| 2007 | 221 | 267 |
| 2008 | 211 | 297 |
| 2009 | 211 | 304 |
| 2010 | 233 | 301 |
| 2011 | 227 | 318 |
| 2012 | 276 | 412 |
| 2013 | 306 | 544 |
| 2014 | 395 | 690 |
| 2015 | 523 | 636 |
| 2016 | 633 | 619 |
| 2017 | 661 | 596 |
| 2018 | 579 | 649 |
| 2019 | 654 | 715 |
| 2020 | 637 | 719 |
| 2021 | 555 | 688 |
| 2022 | 590 | 565 |
| 2023 | 506 | 498 |
| 2024 | 375 | 576 |
| 2025 | 394 | 433 |
| 2026 | 292 | 368 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01R 43/20Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of4,084
- H01R 43/04Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of2,203
- H01R 43/16Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of2,103
- H01R 43/02Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of2,070
- H01R 43/26Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of1,479
- H01R 43/28Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of943
- H01R 43/01Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of726
- H01R 43/005Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of618
All 17 subgroupsShow fewer
- H01R 43/18Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of562
- H01R 43/06Manufacture of commutators184
- H01R 43/007Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of158
- H01R 43/002Maintenance of line connectors147
- H01R 43/033Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of110
- H01R 43/12Manufacture of brushes87
- H01R 43/10Manufacture of slip-rings70
- H01R 43/027Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of64
- H01R 43/14Maintenance of current collectors55
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