H01R 43/002
Maintenance of line connectors
Official title: {Maintenance of line connectors, e.g. cleaning}
H01R43/002 (Maintenance of line connectors) appears on 147 US grants and 136 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 147
- Published applications
- 136
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 319
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
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| 2015 | 6 | 13 |
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| 2017 | 10 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 | 6 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electric vehicle charging socket cleaning tool and method29 Sep 2026US 12,749,860 B2International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
- Detachable header housing for a header connector assembly, and method for disassembling or assembling thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,725,981 B2J. S. T. Corporation
- Contact cleaning for differential communication systems31 Mar 2026US 12,592,532 B2Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Self-lubricating connector30 Dec 2025US 12,508,640 B2TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
- Connector assembly4 Nov 2025US 12,463,378 B2Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
- Electrical and Electronic Connector Cleaning Tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302705 A1
- Anti-contamination electric vehicle charging inlet pin cap23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208604 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Device for cleaning a contact line assembly2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185315 A1SSR Co., LTD
- Cable connection method, mobile object, and connecting object18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171776 A1Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- Connector assembly11 Jun 2026US 2026/0163265 A1Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plug and socket electrical connection assembly76US 5,015,195 AThomas & Betts Corporation · 1991
- Electrical terminal cleaning device44US 4,204,294 A1980
- Device for cleaning electrical connectors42US 4,575,892 A1986
- Operating and torque tool33US 5,230,142 ACooper Power Systems, Inc. · 1993
- Video game console and cartridge cleaning kit30US 5,148,572 A1992