H03K 2217/9607
Capacitive touch switches
H03K2217/9607 (Capacitive touch switches) appears on 1,993 US grants and 2,266 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 1,993
- Published applications
- 2,266
- Assignees
- 852
- Inventors
- 3,680
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 102 | 80 |
| 2024 | 113 | 64 |
| 2025 | 62 | 41 |
| 2026 | 27 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03K 2217/960755Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switchesIndexing code1,156
- H03K 2217/96071Characterised by the detection principleIndexing code457
- H03K 2217/960785With illuminationIndexing code364
- H03K 2217/960705Safety of capacitive touch and proximity switchesIndexing code346
- H03K 2217/960735Characterised by circuit detailsIndexing code213
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
- Systems and methods for capacitive sensing with secondary electrodes exposed to electric fields from a primary electrode18 Aug 2026US 12,710,848 B2Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
- Capacitive switch structure for nondiscrete, tactile and nontactile switches with customizable minimum activation thresholds8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309556 A1Nitto Bend Technologies, Inc.
- Sensor device and steering device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269828 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Force-detecting input structure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252033 A1Apple Inc.
- Membrane assembly and touch keyboard with same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254452 A1Primax Electronics Ltd.
- Sensor drive device and method for operating a capacitive sensor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235420 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Differential touch sensor and control circuit therefor916US 6,310,611 B1Touchsensor Technologies, LLC · 2001
- Touch switch with integral control circuit859US 6,320,282 B1Touchsensor Technologies, LLC · 2001
- Time domain capacitive field detector800US 5,730,165 A1998
- Capacitive sensor and array762US 6,452,514 B12002