H03K 2217/960755
Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches
H03K2217/960755 (Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches) appears on 1,156 US grants and 1,320 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03K 2217/960765Details of shielding arrangementsIndexing code237
- H03K 2217/960775Emitter-receiver or "fringe" type detection, i.e. one or more field emitting electrodesIndexing code225
- H03K 2217/96078Sensor being a wire or a stripIndexing code122
- H03K 2217/96076With spring electrodeIndexing code99
- H03K 2217/96077Comprising an electrode which is floatingIndexing code85
Recent patents
- 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
- 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
- Grip detection device, failure determination method, and program4 Aug 2026US 12,700,862 B2Autoliv Development AB
- Capacitive touch keypad with antenna surrounding keypad16 Jun 2026US 12,656,922 B2Schlage Lock Company LLC
- 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.
- Body-registering unified circuit in-line touch switch16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205117 A1Banner Engineering Corp.
- Keyboard30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118992 A1Clevetura LTD
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Capacitive sensor and array762US 6,452,514 B12002
- Touch sensor and control circuit therefor717US 5,594,222 AIntegrated Controls · 1997
- Multiple input proximity detector and touchpad system414US 5,844,506 A1998