B60Q 1/0005
Devices preventing the lights from becoming dirty or damaged
Official title: {Devices preventing the lights from becoming dirty or damaged, e.g. protection grids or cleaning by air flow (windshield wipers for cleaning optical devices of vehicles B60S1/04)}
B60Q1/0005 (Devices preventing the lights from becoming dirty or damaged) appears on 125 US grants and 140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 125
- Published applications
- 140
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 321
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 |
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| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 16 |
| 2019 | 18 | 15 |
| 2020 | 10 | 11 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Apparatus for defrosting a vehicle light5 May 2026US 12,618,541 B2AAC Enterprises LLC
- Fastening device for fastening a headlamp in a motor vehicle, a headlamp assembly, a motor vehicle, a kit comprising a plurality of fastening devices24 Mar 2026US 12,583,377 B2Marelli Germany GmbH
- Headlight arrangement for a vehicle3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257611 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Lamp18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167088 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Vehicle exterior component14 May 2026US 2026/0131720 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Electric heating film, electrical device, vehicle lamp assembly and radome8 Jan 2026US 2026/0013012 A1Huizhou Mesh Sensor Technology Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle Headlight Deicing Film Device1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006688 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motor vehicle lighting system50US 4,569,002 AGTE Products Corporation · 1986
- Motor vehicle lighting system including a sealed lens member as part thereof43US 4,646,207 AGTE Products Corporation · 1987
- Device for preventing the rear light units of motor vehicles from becoming dirty31US 4,838,603 AFiat Auto S.p.A. · 1989
- Self-cleaning lens shield for headlights26US 5,068,770 A1991
- Safety shield for all terrain vehicles26US 5,794,976 A1998