H02H 3/08
Responsive to excess current
Official title: responsive to excess current (responsive to abnormal temperature caused by excess current H02H5/04)
H02H3/08 (Responsive to excess current) appears on 3,261 US grants and 3,418 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02H- Granted patents
- 3,261
- Published applications
- 3,418
- Assignees
- 1,282
- Inventors
- 6,741
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 41 | 0 |
| 1990 | 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 5 |
| 2002 | 34 | 16 |
| 2003 | 29 | 37 |
| 2004 | 27 | 29 |
| 2005 | 21 | 40 |
| 2006 | 19 | 42 |
| 2007 | 34 | 51 |
| 2008 | 34 | 44 |
| 2009 | 36 | 36 |
| 2010 | 28 | 42 |
| 2011 | 35 | 52 |
| 2012 | 31 | 80 |
| 2013 | 55 | 120 |
| 2014 | 75 | 146 |
| 2015 | 123 | 207 |
| 2016 | 128 | 204 |
| 2017 | 186 | 182 |
| 2018 | 155 | 206 |
| 2019 | 208 | 206 |
| 2020 | 200 | 297 |
| 2021 | 269 | 221 |
| 2022 | 250 | 272 |
| 2023 | 199 | 198 |
| 2024 | 212 | 233 |
| 2025 | 186 | 242 |
| 2026 | 131 | 210 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reclosing control for coordinating a solid-state switch and a circuit breaker6 Oct 2026US 12,756,174 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- Solid-state battery management system for high current applications29 Sep 2026US 12,749,721 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Dynamic adaptive overcurrent protection29 Sep 2026US 12,749,884 B2Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC
- Methods and apparatus to disconnect circuitry responsive to a fault condition29 Sep 2026US 12,749,886 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Secure communication for commissioning and decommissioning circuit breakers and panel system29 Sep 2026US 12,750,674 B2Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Power distribution unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307610 A1Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
- Vehicle battery protection device, and method for thermal management of same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312397 A1Clarity Development LLC
- Extended voltage operating ranges of power supplies1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302763 A1Itron, Inc.
- Circuit breaker device for protecting an electrical low-voltage circuit and method for operating a circuit breaker device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290718 A1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Constant current startup regulator for fault managed power24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291203 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical generator and related method for mitigating overcurrent conditions1,564US 9,099,863 B2Covidien LP · 2015
- Multiple sensors with one sensor affecting a second sensor's output or interpretation1,559US 9,757,128 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Multiple motor control for powered medical device1,555US 9,788,836 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Surgical instrument control circuit having a safety processor1,553US 9,690,362 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Adjunct with integrated sensors to quantify tissue compression1,540US 9,724,094 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017