H03K 2217/96066
Thumbwheel, potentiometer, scrollbar or slider simulation by touch switch
H03K2217/96066 (Thumbwheel, potentiometer, scrollbar or slider simulation by touch switch) appears on 126 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 126
- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 335
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 7 | 8 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Piezoelectric button system25 Aug 2026US 12,719,474 B2Boréas Technologies Inc.
- Electronic device user interface21 Apr 2026US 12,609,699 B2Azoteq Holdings Limited
- Multi-function cooktop slider controls3 Feb 2026US 12,540,734 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Touch-based control device13 Jan 2026US 12,524,097 B2Brilliant NextGen Inc.
- Load control device responsive to non-contact actuations28 Oct 2025US 12,455,663 B2Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Electronic device user interface13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238209 A1Azoteq Holdings Limited
- Touch-based control device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211519 A1Brilliant NextGen Inc.
- Body-registering unified circuit in-line touch switch16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205117 A1Banner Engineering Corp.
- Load control device responsive to non-contact actuations29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029880 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Load control device having a capacitive touch surface29 Jan 2026US 2026/0031813 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Capacitive touch control and display230US 4,264,903 AGeneral Electric Company · 1981
- Touch detection techniques for capacitive touch sense systems201US 8,040,142 B1Cypress Semiconductor Corporation · 2011
- Rotary circuit control devices with changeable graphics179US 5,841,428 AIntertactile Technologies Corporation · 1998
- Bar graph type touch switch and display device123US 4,121,204 AGeneral Electric Company · 1978
- Sliding contact control switch pad99US 5,367,199 ATriax Technologies, Inc. · 1994