F21S 41/689
Flaps, i.e. screens pivoting around one of their edges
F21S41/689 (Flaps, i.e. screens pivoting around one of their edges) appears on 159 US grants and 159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21S- Granted patents
- 159
- Published applications
- 159
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 283
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2019 | 16 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Lights with microlens arrays23 Jul 2024US 12,044,373 B2Apple Inc.
- External shutter assembly for headlights of vehicles to control angle of light beam26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054636 A1
- Vehicle headlamp8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009515 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093174 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp having switching structure for low-beam and high-beam headlights4 Jul 2024US 2024/0218997 A1Sonar Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
- Lights With Microlens Arrays2 Nov 2023US 2023/0349528 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle headlamp61US 4,985,816 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Vehicle headlamp40US 6,953,272 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 2005
- Bifunctional high intensity discharge projector headlamp33US 6,186,651 B1Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Vehicle headlamp28US 6,607,295 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Headlamp for power vehicles24US 5,213,406 ARobert Bosch GmbH · 1993