IPC Main Group
H01H 1/00 Contacts
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- Subclass:
- ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H01H 1/02 characterised by the material thereof
- H01H 1/06 characterised by the shape or structure of the contact-making surface, e.g. grooved
- H01H 1/12 characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
- H01H 1/5 Means for increasing contact pressure, preventing vibration of contacts, holding contacts together after engagement, or biasing contacts to the open position
- H01H 1/56 Contact arrangements for providing make-before-break operation, e.g. for on-load tap-changing
- H01H 1/58 Electric connections to or between contacts; Terminals
- H01H 1/6 Auxiliary means structurally associated with the switch for cleaning or lubricating contact-making surfaces
- H01H 1/62 Heating or cooling of contacts
- H01H 1/64 Protective enclosures, baffle plates, or screens for contacts
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
- LG CHEM KR 21,383
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634