H03K 2217/96
Touch switches
H03K2217/96 (Touch switches) appears on 2,739 US grants and 3,138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 2,739
- Published applications
- 3,138
- Assignees
- 1,090
- Inventors
- 5,078
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 14 |
| 2003 | 4 | 16 |
| 2004 | 14 | 23 |
| 2005 | 12 | 40 |
| 2006 | 25 | 49 |
| 2007 | 30 | 68 |
| 2008 | 22 | 90 |
| 2009 | 38 | 110 |
| 2010 | 61 | 117 |
| 2011 | 50 | 145 |
| 2012 | 99 | 148 |
| 2013 | 123 | 179 |
| 2014 | 151 | 199 |
| 2015 | 138 | 229 |
| 2016 | 217 | 190 |
| 2017 | 207 | 188 |
| 2018 | 188 | 206 |
| 2019 | 199 | 195 |
| 2020 | 223 | 186 |
| 2021 | 160 | 213 |
| 2022 | 181 | 199 |
| 2023 | 158 | 135 |
| 2024 | 163 | 100 |
| 2025 | 99 | 60 |
| 2026 | 47 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03K 2217/9607Capacitive touch switchesIndexing code1,993
- H03K 2217/96062With tactile or haptic feedbackIndexing code319
- H03K 2217/96015Constructional details for touch switchesIndexing code251
- H03K 2217/96042With illuminationIndexing code126
- H03K 2217/96066Thumbwheel, potentiometer, scrollbar or slider simulation by touch switchIndexing code126
- H03K 2217/96031Combination of touch switch and lc displayIndexing code91
- H03K 2217/96054Double function: touch detection combined with detection of a movable elementIndexing code89
- H03K 2217/96003Using acoustic wavesIndexing code79
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- H03K 2217/96038Inductive touch switchesIndexing code48
- H03K 2217/96058Fail-safe touch switches, where switching takes place only after repeated touchIndexing code41
- H03K 2217/9605Detection of leakage or discharge current across the touching body to groundIndexing code8
- H03K 2217/96035By temperature detection, i.e. body heatIndexing code5
Recent patents
- Illuminated control module for a motor vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,753,904 B2Dav
- Sensor for controlling access to a motor vehicle, having an electrode surrounded by an antenna29 Sep 2026US 12,750,056 B2Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
- Input device15 Sep 2026US 12,738,939 B2Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Capacitive button8 Sep 2026US 12,732,188 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door1 Sep 2026US 12,721,454 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Capacitive switch structure for nondiscrete, tactile and nontactile switches with customizable minimum activation thresholds8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309556 A1Nitto Bend Technologies, Inc.
- Switch device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312585 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Device having integrated interface system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277330 A1Apple Inc.
- Sensor device and steering device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269828 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Force-detecting input structure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252033 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Interactive displays1,824US 9,283,054 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Closure indicator systems for surgical instruments1,647US 9,445,813 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Attachment portions for surgical instrument assemblies1,332US 9,808,249 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Motor-powered articulatable surgical instruments1,166US 9,924,942 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018