F21S 41/10
Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by the light source
Official title: characterised by the light source
F21S41/10 (Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by the light source) appears on 5,345 US grants and 5,634 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21S- Granted patents
- 5,345
- Published applications
- 5,634
- Assignees
- 827
- Inventors
- 6,316
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 21 |
| 2002 | 42 | 50 |
| 2003 | 56 | 48 |
| 2004 | 32 | 83 |
| 2005 | 33 | 104 |
| 2006 | 83 | 111 |
| 2007 | 86 | 115 |
| 2008 | 74 | 110 |
| 2009 | 93 | 124 |
| 2010 | 102 | 130 |
| 2011 | 79 | 148 |
| 2012 | 95 | 156 |
| 2013 | 128 | 194 |
| 2014 | 162 | 232 |
| 2015 | 176 | 309 |
| 2016 | 200 | 307 |
| 2017 | 283 | 403 |
| 2018 | 375 | 456 |
| 2019 | 535 | 489 |
| 2020 | 453 | 362 |
| 2021 | 363 | 318 |
| 2022 | 340 | 349 |
| 2023 | 314 | 286 |
| 2024 | 323 | 334 |
| 2025 | 309 | 234 |
| 2026 | 158 | 161 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Assembly for non-detachable connection of plastic parts for a car6 Oct 2026US 12,753,785 B2Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.
- Headlamp assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,753,895 B1Delta Electronics, Inc.
- Vehicle lamp6 Oct 2026US 12,753,896 B2SL Corporation
- Light module and lighting device for a motor vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,753,897 B2Hella Saturnus Slovenija d.o.o.
- Communication lamp and control method of communication lamp29 Sep 2026US 12,746,872 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Method for assembling a headlamp light module under limited assembling space conditions, headlamp light module, and assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309293 A1Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Modular cutoff shield for headlights8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309295 A1
- Snap-in lighthead assembly for lightbar8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309297 A1Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
- Car light1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298432 A1Superlee Corporation
- Integrated lamp control modules24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287135 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illuminator assembly incorporating light emitting diodes881US 5,803,579 AGentex Corporation · 1998
- Led assembly631US 6,132,072 AGentex Corporation · 2000
- Adaptive and interactive scene illumination497US 7,227,611 B2The Boeing Company · 2007
- Uniform illumination system488US 7,072,096 B2Digital Optics International Corporation · 2006
- Illuminating device487US 5,136,483 A1992