H03K 17/972
Having a plurality of control members
Official title: having a plurality of control members, e.g. keyboard
H03K17/972 (Having a plurality of control members) appears on 87 US grants and 81 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 81
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 173
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- User input unit16 Jun 2026US 12,656,881 B2Wooting Technologies B.V.
- Computer input device2 Jun 2026US 12,647,114 B2Flux Consolidated Pty Ltd
- Device for detecting a keystroke of a key module, keyboard and method for detecting a keystroke of a key module30 Dec 2025US 12,512,281 B2Cherry Europe GMBH
- Hybrid analog key structure16 Sep 2025US 12,418,289 B1Logitech Europe S. A.
- Input device having adjustable input mechanisms24 Jun 2025US 12,341,508 B2Apple Inc.
- Pressing key detection system, device, method, and storage medium4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153940 A1Chipsemi Semiconductor (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
- Synchronized switch management system16 Apr 2026US 2026/0106617 A1
- Hall effect keyboard22 Jan 2026US 2026/0025136 A1Finalmouse LLC
- Keyswitch substrate with sensor system11 Dec 2025US 2025/0379011 A1Logitech Europe S. A.
- Hybrid analog key structure4 Dec 2025US 2025/0370551 A1Logitech Europe S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Human-machine dialog system979US 9,411,370 B2Schneider Electric Industries SAS · 2016
- Electronic device which is powered by actuation of manual inputs124US 5,838,138 A1998
- Switching device of thin type and display device with switch82US 5,977,888 AIdec Izumi Corporation · 1999
- Keyboard55US 4,366,463 ACooper Industries, Inc. · 1982
- Autoclavable remote hand control29US 5,959,557 ALinvatec Corporation · 1999