H05K 7/1481
User interface
Official title: {User interface, e.g. status displays; Programming interface, e.g. connector for computer programming; Monitoring}
H05K7/1481 (User interface) appears on 91 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05K- Granted patents
- 91
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 199
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2022 | 4 | 18 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automation module with an adapter11 Aug 2026US 12,706,402 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Device for receiving a display for an automation field device11 Aug 2026US 12,707,587 B2Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
- Automated terminal wiring modification12 May 2026US 12,628,305 B1PassiveLogic, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for generalized control of devices6 Jan 2026US 12,520,446 B2PassiveLogic, Inc.
- Perceptible indicators of wires being attached correctly to controller2 Sep 2025US 12,408,287 B2PassiveLogic, Inc.
- Methods, controllers, and machine-readable storage media for automated commissioning of equipment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313820 A1PassiveLogic, Inc.
- Gas valve cabinet and electrical control box11 Jun 2026US 2026/0164587 A1Apex Union Technologies CO., LTD.
- Interaction module for a switch cabinet-free automation system of an industrial plant9 Apr 2026US 2026/0100559 A1Murrelektronik GmbH
- Method and apparatus for generalized control of devices26 Mar 2026US 2026/0089863 A1PassiveLogic, Inc.
- Human interface module mounting device6 Nov 2025US 2025/0344326 A1Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Controller modules155US 11,229,138 B1PassiveLogic, Inc. · 2022
- Smart wall box70US 8,364,319 B2Inncom International, Inc. · 2013
- Programmable controller module60US 4,920,453 AAllen-Bradley Company, Inc. · 1990
- Electrostatic discharge protection for modular equipment58US 8,923,012 B2Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Case for electronic units25US 4,991,056 AKoyo Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. · 1991