H05K 3/325
By abutting or pinching
Official title: by abutting or pinching; Mechanical auxiliary parts therefor
H05K3/325 (By abutting or pinching) appears on 2,221 US grants and 1,505 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05K- Granted patents
- 2,221
- Published applications
- 1,505
- Assignees
- 850
- Inventors
- 3,825
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2023 | 34 | 38 |
| 2024 | 20 | 28 |
| 2025 | 24 | 13 |
| 2026 | 17 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Temporary panel rails23 Jun 2026US 12,666,544 B2Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Differential transmission board set and assembly9 Jun 2026US 12,652,773 B2Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Differential transmission board set and assembly19 May 2026US 12,635,099 B2Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Differential transmission board set and assembly12 May 2026US 12,628,300 B2Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Flexible lighting assemblies for lighting systems10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266436 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Power electronics assembly3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261213 A1
- Printed circuit board hardware interface with reduced crosstalk20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247522 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Power modules13 Aug 2026US 2026/0240002 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Connector, method for connecting to connection substrate in connector, and jig18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171694 A1Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flex circuit connector916US 5,482,473 AMiniMed Inc. · 1996
- Sockets for electronic components and methods of connecting to electronic components453US 5,772,451 AForm Factor, Inc. · 1998
- Method of manufacturing electrical contacts, using a sacrificial member437US 5,476,211 AForm Factor, Inc. · 1995
- Method of planarizing tips of probe elements of a probe card assembly397US 5,974,662 AFormFactor, Inc. · 1999
- Flexible contact structure with an electrically conductive shell340US 5,917,707 AFormFactor, Inc. · 1999