B60Q 1/02
The devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to
Official title: the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
B60Q1/02 (The devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to) appears on 6,586 US grants and 6,247 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 6,586
- Published applications
- 6,247
- Assignees
- 1,257
- Inventors
- 9,789
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 34 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 49 | 0 |
| 1988 | 42 | 0 |
| 1989 | 60 | 0 |
| 1990 | 59 | 0 |
| 1991 | 62 | 0 |
| 1992 | 56 | 0 |
| 1993 | 62 | 0 |
| 1994 | 45 | 0 |
| 1995 | 69 | 0 |
| 1996 | 64 | 0 |
| 1997 | 57 | 0 |
| 1998 | 95 | 0 |
| 1999 | 90 | 0 |
| 2000 | 88 | 0 |
| 2001 | 106 | 40 |
| 2002 | 105 | 122 |
| 2003 | 113 | 135 |
| 2004 | 99 | 156 |
| 2005 | 100 | 162 |
| 2006 | 123 | 125 |
| 2007 | 89 | 136 |
| 2008 | 104 | 160 |
| 2009 | 93 | 140 |
| 2010 | 103 | 115 |
| 2011 | 89 | 125 |
| 2012 | 101 | 144 |
| 2013 | 124 | 204 |
| 2014 | 144 | 221 |
| 2015 | 194 | 255 |
| 2016 | 239 | 272 |
| 2017 | 284 | 431 |
| 2018 | 372 | 479 |
| 2019 | 507 | 453 |
| 2020 | 440 | 429 |
| 2021 | 349 | 359 |
| 2022 | 332 | 353 |
| 2023 | 358 | 411 |
| 2024 | 351 | 361 |
| 2025 | 317 | 263 |
| 2026 | 193 | 196 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Low beam dimming method for situational glare6 Oct 2026US 12,752,696 B2Valeo Vision
- Vehicle lamp system, control device, illuminating state restriction method, and recording medium6 Oct 2026US 12,752,697 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Automatic travel management device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,698 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle lamp6 Oct 2026US 12,753,896 B2SL Corporation
- Attitude determining device, vehicle lamp system, attitude determining method, and calibration method6 Oct 2026US 12,755,429 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Actuator and actuator assembly method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307580 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Trajectory presentation device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307581 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Exterior Door Handle for Attachment to a Side Door of a Motor Vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308953 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Colored projection by multi-lens array projector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309299 A1ams-OSRAM Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Integrated circuit for connecting a headlamp light source module to a bus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311630 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Video mirror systems incorporating an accessory module1,905US 6,690,268 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Automatic rearview mirror system using a photosensor array1,778US 5,550,677 ADonnelly Corporation · 1996
- Rearview vision system for vehicle including panoramic view1,778US 5,670,935 ADonnelly Corporation · 1997
- Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor1,368US 5,796,094 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998
- Display enhancements for vehicle vision system1,367US 5,949,331 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999