B60Q 1/068
By mechanical means
Official title: by mechanical means
B60Q1/068 (By mechanical means) appears on 726 US grants and 427 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 726
- Published applications
- 427
- Assignees
- 175
- Inventors
- 931
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 12 |
| 2003 | 10 | 13 |
| 2004 | 13 | 12 |
| 2005 | 13 | 14 |
| 2006 | 12 | 4 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 10 | 7 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 5 | 20 |
| 2015 | 11 | 22 |
| 2016 | 19 | 16 |
| 2017 | 18 | 31 |
| 2018 | 22 | 35 |
| 2019 | 50 | 34 |
| 2020 | 38 | 30 |
| 2021 | 30 | 16 |
| 2022 | 20 | 30 |
| 2023 | 32 | 29 |
| 2024 | 29 | 16 |
| 2025 | 15 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Headlamp aiming system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,583 B2PACCAR Inc
- Actuator and on-vehicle device using same22 Sep 2026US 12,741,584 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Expansion compensation device for a headlamp25 Aug 2026US 12,716,562 B2Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Modular light devices, systems, and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,702,121 B2ABL Research Group, LLC
- Leveling actuator and vehicle lamp21 Jul 2026US 12,686,324 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Actuator and actuator assembly method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307580 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle headlamp apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241850 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Actuator16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200394 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Actuator and on-vehicle device using same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192738 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Dimming indication mechanism and vehicle lamp2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185675 A1Hasco Vision Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aiming device for automobile head lamp57US 4,689,725 AKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Automobile headlamp adjuster56US 5,707,133 ABurton Technologies, LLC · 1998
- Perpendicularly intersecting gear device51US 4,930,367 AKoito Seisakusho Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Headlight mounting and adjustment mechanism47US 4,333,131 AStanley Electric Co., Ltd. · 1982
- Device for controlling the orientation of the movable reflector of a motor vehicle headlight47US 5,906,431 AMagneti Marelli S.p.A. · 1999