F21S 41/60
Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by a variable light
Official title: characterised by a variable light distribution
F21S41/60 (Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by a variable light) appears on 2,555 US grants and 2,771 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21S- Granted patents
- 2,555
- Published applications
- 2,771
- Assignees
- 454
- Inventors
- 3,236
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 172 | 159 |
| 2024 | 163 | 177 |
| 2025 | 144 | 137 |
| 2026 | 91 | 75 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vehicle lamp fitting6 Oct 2026US 12,753,893 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp6 Oct 2026US 12,753,896 B2SL Corporation
- Decorative assembly and vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,753,898 B2Iris Optronics Co., Ltd.
- Actuator and on-vehicle device using same22 Sep 2026US 12,741,584 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for lamp of vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,587 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Light assembly, lighting device and vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309296 A1Motherson Innovations Company Limited
- Adaptive light for a watercraft24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287162 A1Polaris Industries Inc.
- Vehicle headlamp17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274155 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Light guide component, lighting or signal indication device and motor vehcile17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276163 A1Valeo Vision
- Vehicle headlight17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276164 A1Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Glare sensor for a vehicle614US 5,426,294 AKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Adaptive and interactive scene illumination497US 7,227,611 B2The Boeing Company · 2007
- Headlight apparatus for automotive vehicle446US 4,967,319 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Apparatus for controlling light distributions of head lamps431US 5,896,085 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Headlamp system with selectable beam pattern375US 6,497,503 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2002