H01R 43/20
Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of
Official title: for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
H01R43/20 (Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of) appears on 4,084 US grants and 3,497 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 4,084
- Published applications
- 3,497
- Assignees
- 1,303
- Inventors
- 7,006
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 49 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 34 | 0 |
| 1986 | 37 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 34 | 0 |
| 1989 | 42 | 0 |
| 1990 | 43 | 0 |
| 1991 | 39 | 0 |
| 1992 | 48 | 0 |
| 1993 | 47 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 56 | 0 |
| 1996 | 59 | 0 |
| 1997 | 70 | 0 |
| 1998 | 77 | 0 |
| 1999 | 71 | 0 |
| 2000 | 95 | 0 |
| 2001 | 75 | 29 |
| 2002 | 69 | 51 |
| 2003 | 55 | 58 |
| 2004 | 56 | 86 |
| 2005 | 59 | 80 |
| 2006 | 78 | 69 |
| 2007 | 69 | 79 |
| 2008 | 64 | 77 |
| 2009 | 58 | 75 |
| 2010 | 69 | 70 |
| 2011 | 78 | 86 |
| 2012 | 70 | 146 |
| 2013 | 92 | 153 |
| 2014 | 120 | 203 |
| 2015 | 147 | 159 |
| 2016 | 196 | 203 |
| 2017 | 216 | 192 |
| 2018 | 206 | 230 |
| 2019 | 216 | 242 |
| 2020 | 215 | 231 |
| 2021 | 197 | 249 |
| 2022 | 188 | 170 |
| 2023 | 179 | 162 |
| 2024 | 94 | 171 |
| 2025 | 120 | 140 |
| 2026 | 105 | 86 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Interlocking connector design for electrical connectors6 Oct 2026US 12,756,126 B2Aptiv Technologies AG
- Adjusting position of cable-end plug according to cable position6 Oct 2026US 12,756,149 B2Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
- Contact assembly and method of making same and electrical connector including the contact assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,749,840 B2Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
- Systems and methods for electrical connector housing body and enclosed circuit board22 Sep 2026US 12,744,343 B2IDEAL Industries, Inc.
- Grounding device, grounding unit, contact insert and electrical plug connector, and method for producing a contact insert22 Sep 2026US 12,744,351 B2Franz Binder GmbH + Co. Elektrische Bauelemente KG
- Connector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312327 A1Stäubli Electrical Connectors AG
- Spliced split module for modular connector assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312351 A1Aptiv Technologies AG
- Method for fixing terminal module to case containing electronic device and structure for fixing terminal module to case containing electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312353 A1SMK Corporation
- Pcb terminal protection structure and assembly method using receptacle connector having pcb terminal protector1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302661 A1Hyundai Kefico Corporation
- Terminal rotating device and terminal plugging system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302709 A1Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
- Impedance matched backplane connector382US 5,066,236 AAMP Incorporated · 1991
- Implantable microelectrode304US 5,515,848 APi Medical, Inc. · 1996
- Connector apparatus257US 6,146,202 ARobinson Nugent, Inc. · 2000
- High speed high density electrical connector246US 7,163,421 B1Amphenol Corporation · 2007
- Feedthrough for electrical connectors233US 7,396,265 B2Cochlear Limited · 2008