B60Q 1/1438
Actuating means for dimming masks or screens
Official title: {Actuating means for dimming masks or screens}
B60Q1/1438 (Actuating means for dimming masks or screens) appears on 47 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 47
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 122
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2016 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle headlamp61US 4,985,816 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Upper and lower beam optical switch for line-of-light headlamps using opaque masks47US 4,949,227 AGeneral Electric Company · 1990
- Single arc discharge headlamp with light switch for high/low beam operation39US 5,023,758 AGeneral Electric Company · 1991
- Motor vehicle lighting system with a signaling function for use in daylight19US 6,280,067 B1Valeo Vision · 2001
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