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H01R 43/00

Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Subclass:
ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

Related Keywords

ASSEMBLING of electric conductors or line connectors, e.g. battery terminalsJOINTS for electric conductors

14 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H01R 43/01 for connecting unstripped conductors to contact members having insulation cutting edges
  • H01R 43/02 for soldered or welded connections
  • H01R 43/027 for connecting conductors by clips
  • H01R 43/033 for wrapping or unwrapping wire connections
  • H01R 43/1 Manufacture of slip-rings
  • H01R 43/12 Manufacture of brushes
  • H01R 43/14 Maintenance of current collectors, e.g. reshaping of brushes, cleaning of commutators
  • H01R 43/16 for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
  • H01R 43/18 for manufacturing bases or cases for contact members
  • H01R 43/26 for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device
  • H01R 43/28 for wire processing before connecting to contact members, not provided for in groups

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
  3. LG CHEM KR 21,383
  4. APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
  5. LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
  6. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
  7. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
  8. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
  10. TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634