F21S 43/10
Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by the light source
Official title: characterised by the light source
F21S43/10 (Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by the light source) appears on 3,155 US grants and 3,436 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21S- Granted patents
- 3,155
- Published applications
- 3,436
- Assignees
- 723
- Inventors
- 4,803
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 196 | 201 |
| 2024 | 232 | 260 |
| 2025 | 229 | 181 |
| 2026 | 121 | 166 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lighting module, lighting device and lamp6 Oct 2026US 12,753,888 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,753,899 B1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Light-emitting module integrating a flexible organic light-emitting diode29 Sep 2026US 12,747,843 B2Valeo Vision
- Apparatus for lamp of vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,587 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Heat sink for electronic component and associated manufacturing method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,541 B2Valeo Vision
- Snap-in lighthead assembly for lightbar8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309297 A1Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
- Vehicle light and light system with decorative lighting feature1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298433 A1Yourtruckshop Inc.
- Vehicle lamp1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298434 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Arrangement of optical components for a lighting device for a motor vehicle and a lighting device for the tail section of a motor vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298435 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Lighting device for vehicles1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298436 A1Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illuminator assembly incorporating light emitting diodes881US 5,803,579 AGentex Corporation · 1998
- LED vehicle lamp assembly654US 5,632,551 AGrote Industries, Inc. · 1997
- Led assembly631US 6,132,072 AGentex Corporation · 2000
- Light emitting diode lamp597US 4,935,665 AMitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd. · 1990
- Indicators and illuminators using a semiconductor radiation emitter package518US 6,441,943 B1Gentex Corporation · 2002