H03K 2217/94057
Rotary switches
H03K2217/94057 (Rotary switches) appears on 163 US grants and 198 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 163
- Published applications
- 198
- Assignees
- 146
- Inventors
- 443
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 9 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 20 |
| 2020 | 12 | 11 |
| 2021 | 7 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 | 12 |
| 2023 | 13 | 12 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- User input unit16 Jun 2026US 12,656,881 B2Wooting Technologies B.V.
- Rocker actuator potentiometer24 Mar 2026US 12,584,768 B2Panasonic Automotive Systems America, LLC.
- Paddle button27 Jan 2026US 12,535,844 B2Crouzet
- Sleeve arrangement for a mobile device comprising an input apparatus mounted to a sleeve part25 Nov 2025US 12,481,379 B2INVENTUS Engineering GmbH
- Electromagnetic coding switch, and rotation information calculation method and apparatus for rotary wheel23 Sep 2025US 12,425,024 B2Shenzhen Huion Trend Technology Co., Ltd.
- Knob and related sensing circuit30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118981 A1Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
- Sleeve arrangement for a mobile device and method26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056623 A1INVENTUS Engineering GmbH
- Rocker actuator potentiometer19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049843 A1Panasonic Automotive Systems America, LLC.
- Multi-functions switch unit, and multi-functions switch module8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008338 A1Ls Automotive Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Rotation input device16 Oct 2025US 2025/0322999 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Display of alignment of staple cartridge to prior linear staple line540US 11,026,751 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021
- Surgical instrument with a sensing array340US 11,324,557 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2022
- Surgical instruments comprising button circuits240US 11,382,697 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2022
- Rotary switch with reflector coded actuator drum95US 4,634,861 AGeneral Instrument Corporation · 1987
- Capacitive touch control94US 4,158,216 AGeneral Electric Company · 1979