B60Q 1/245
Searchlights
Official title: {Searchlights, e.g. adjustable from within the vehicle (adjustable headlights B60Q1/06)}
B60Q1/245 (Searchlights) appears on 204 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 204
- Published applications
- 183
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 374
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 12 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 | 3 |
| 2017 | 13 | 17 |
| 2018 | 13 | 12 |
| 2019 | 15 | 16 |
| 2020 | 17 | 19 |
| 2021 | 17 | 12 |
| 2022 | 15 | 13 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Exterior lighting system for a vehicle18 Aug 2026US 12,709,219 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Method and apparatus for vehicular light fixtures30 Dec 2025US 12,508,982 B2JST Performance, LLC
- Moveable mount assembly having two plates that are pivotally mounted with respect to each other23 Dec 2025US 12,503,041 B1
- Light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle19 Aug 2025US 12,391,171 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Marine searchlight system with wiretapping remote controllers29 Jul 2025US 12,372,214 B1
- Tilt-adapting lighting system28 May 2026US 2026/0146726 A1Federal Signal Corporation
- Method and apparatus for vehicular light fixtures2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091725 A1JST Performance, LLC
- Light assembly for attachment to a surface of a vehicle30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332989 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Directionally maniupulatable view enhancement apparatus and system16 Oct 2025US 2025/0320991 A1Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
- Searchlight system for vehicle post14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256637 A1Golight, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic lighting system with adaptive alignment function458US 7,914,187 B2Magna Electronics Inc. · 2011
- Remote control, moveable lighting system96US 4,712,167 AMycro-Group Company · 1987
- Vehicle exterior mirror system with light module93US 8,764,256 B2Magna Mirrors of America, Inc. · 2014
- Adjustable light bar apparatus88US 5,481,441 A1996
- Automatic lighting system86US 8,142,059 B2Magna Electronics Inc. · 2012