H05K 1/117
Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards
Official title: {Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards, e.g. for pluggable connectors}
H05K1/117 (Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards) appears on 1,967 US grants and 1,991 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05K- Granted patents
- 1,967
- Published applications
- 1,991
- Assignees
- 884
- Inventors
- 4,171
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 70 | 80 |
| 2024 | 64 | 88 |
| 2025 | 79 | 72 |
| 2026 | 35 | 71 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Power module28 Jul 2026US 12,695,023 B2Delta Electronics, Inc.
- Semiconductor storage device21 Jul 2026US 12,690,130 B2Kioxia Corporation
- Circuit board assembly, circuit board stack structure, and electronic device7 Jul 2026US 12,677,373 B2Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Latching system for establishing a latching connection between a printed circuit board and an edge-contact plug, printed circuit board, edge- contact plug and add-on part7 Jul 2026US 12,677,379 B2Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Printed circuit board having connection fingers providing improved electrical contact with corresponding socket connection pins upon insertion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313797 A1Micron Technology, Inc.
- Semiconductor storage device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313798 A1Kioxia Corporation
- Display panel and electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304656 A1Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Substrate and cable assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282228 A1Nissei Electric Co., Ltd.
- Memory modules and sockets3 Sep 2026US 2026/0262165 A1Intel Products IP LLC
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By later US patents
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- Method for making memory cards and similar devices using isotropic thermoset materials with high quality exterior surfaces260US 7,225,537 B2CardXX, Inc. · 2007
- Semiconductor package using terminals formed on a conductive layer of a circuit board258US 6,040,622 ASanDisk Corporation · 2000
- Memory card having static electricity protection250US 4,532,419 ASony Corporation · 1985
- Solid printed substrate and electronic circuit package using the same239US 5,639,990 AMitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. · 1997