B60Q 3/66
For distributing light among several lighting devices
Official title: for distributing light among several lighting devices
B60Q3/66 (For distributing light among several lighting devices) appears on 122 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 277
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 11 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle lamp8 Sep 2026US 12,729,823 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Illumination device30 Jun 2026US 12,669,641 B2Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle pane and method of manufacturing the same19 May 2026US 12,631,815 B2ams-OSRAM International GmbH
- Vehicle cabin illumination device24 Mar 2026US 12,583,383 B2MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Motor vehicle lighting device with a plurality of light sources with respective paired cover segments which can be switched so as to be opaque; motor vehicle; and method14 Oct 2025US 12,441,237 B2Audi AG
- Lighting Device for a Motor Vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296305 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Illumination device and steering device using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296306 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Golf cart with customizable display screen24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284503 A1BC Companies, LLC
- Component for vehicle interior30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217187 A1
- Illumination device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152119 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light emitting panel assemblies for use in automotive applications and the like156US 5,895,115 ALumitex, Inc. · 1999
- Light emitting panel assemblies for use in automotive applications and the like120US 6,158,867 ALumitex, Inc. · 2000
- Light emitting panel assemblies for use in automotive applications and the like95US 6,508,563 B2Solid State Opto Limited · 2003
- Optical waveguide structure with raised or embedded waveguides81US 6,139,176 AFederal-Mogul World Wide, Inc. · 2000
- Backlighting method for an automotive trim panel78US 6,652,128 B2Textron Automotive Company Inc. · 2003