H03K 17/975
Using a capacitive movable element
Official title: using a capacitive movable element
H03K17/975 (Using a capacitive movable element) appears on 529 US grants and 557 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
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| 2024 | 42 | 19 |
| 2025 | 16 | 23 |
| 2026 | 9 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aerosol generation device with capacitive sensor and manufacturing method thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,151 B2JT International SA
- Pressure sensor, smart pad including the same and display system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,422 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Device having integrated interface system19 May 2026US 12,632,116 B2Apple Inc.
- Input device and control method of input device19 May 2026US 12,632,126 B2Topre Corporation
- Electronic pen and electronic pen body portion19 May 2026US 12,632,129 B2Wacom Co., Ltd.
- Device having integrated interface system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277330 A1Apple Inc.
- Force-detecting input structure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252033 A1Apple Inc.
- Capacitive sensing for an ar/vr stylus device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178130 A1Logitech Europe S. A.
- Pressing key detection system, device, method, and storage medium4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153940 A1Chipsemi Semiconductor (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.
- Knob and related sensing circuit30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118981 A1Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Capacitive touch control and display230US 4,264,903 AGeneral Electric Company · 1981
- Method and apparatus for capacitive keyboard scanning148US 4,651,133 AAT&T Technologies, Inc. · 1987
- Capacitive sensing keyboard and pointing device145US 6,204,839 B1Compaq Computer Corporation · 2001
- Variable capacitance push-button switch139US 4,849,852 AAlps Electric (USA) Inc. · 1989
- Systems and methods for implementing haptics for pressure sensitive keyboards130US 8,674,941 B2Dell Products L. P. · 2014