H05K 7/1438
Back panels or connecting means therefor
Official title: {Back panels or connecting means therefor; Terminals; Coding means to avoid wrong insertion}
H05K7/1438 (Back panels or connecting means therefor) appears on 1,750 US grants and 1,458 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05K- Granted patents
- 1,750
- Published applications
- 1,458
- Assignees
- 703
- Inventors
- 3,564
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 43 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 10 |
| 2002 | 61 | 55 |
| 2003 | 57 | 57 |
| 2004 | 50 | 63 |
| 2005 | 40 | 50 |
| 2006 | 58 | 42 |
| 2007 | 33 | 45 |
| 2008 | 27 | 43 |
| 2009 | 31 | 38 |
| 2010 | 29 | 30 |
| 2011 | 39 | 48 |
| 2012 | 42 | 36 |
| 2013 | 41 | 132 |
| 2014 | 56 | 56 |
| 2015 | 70 | 58 |
| 2016 | 79 | 69 |
| 2017 | 65 | 61 |
| 2018 | 70 | 107 |
| 2019 | 85 | 72 |
| 2020 | 90 | 79 |
| 2021 | 67 | 79 |
| 2022 | 56 | 59 |
| 2023 | 55 | 44 |
| 2024 | 59 | 42 |
| 2025 | 32 | 46 |
| 2026 | 27 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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- Method for mechanical packaging for modular energy system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282262 A1Cilag GmbH International
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Communication apparatus236US 5,873,738 AFujitsu Limited · 1999
- Midplane especially applicable to an orthogonal architecture electronic system215US 7,108,556 B2Amphenol Corporation · 2006
- Differential electrical connector assembly206US 7,094,102 B2Amphenol Corporation · 2006
- Modular high availability electronic product architecture with flexible I/O178US 6,822,874 B1Wooshcom Corporation · 2004
- Cable management device173US 6,170,784 B2Polygon Wire Management, Inc. · 2001