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  4. /F21S · Non-portable lighting devices
  5. /F21S 43/00 · Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors
  6. /F21S 43/20 · Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by refractors, transparent cover
  7. /F21S 43/235 · Light guides
  8. /F21S 43/242 · Characterised by the emission area
  9. /F21S 43/246
F21S 43/246

Having two or more output branches

Official title: {having two or more output branches}

F21S43/246 (Having two or more output branches) appears on 196 US grants and 214 published applications in this corpus.

Search patents in F21S

Where it sits

  1. FMechanical engineering
  2. F21Lighting
  3. F21SNon-portable lighting devices
  4. F21S 43/00Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors
  5. F21S 43/20Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors: characterised by refractors, transparent cover
  6. F21S 43/235Light guides
  7. F21S 43/242Characterised by the emission area
  8. F21S 43/246Having two or more output branches
Granted patents
196
Published applications
214
Assignees
90
Inventors
426
Latest grant
29 Sep 2026

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
F21S 43/246: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
2017123
201861
20191513
20202762
20214550
20225136
2023229
2024136
202598
202676

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

Recent patents

  • Vehicle lamp29 Sep 2026US 12,747,844 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Vehicle lamp8 Sep 2026US 12,729,823 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Vehicle lamp8 Sep 2026US 12,729,824 B2Nichia Corporation
  • Running light for a vehicle21 Apr 2026US 12,607,317 B2Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
  • Vehicle lamp14 Apr 2026US 12,601,461 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Light guide component, lighting or signal indication device and motor vehcile17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276163 A1Valeo Vision
  • Vehicle lamp17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276169 A1Nichia Corporation
  • Vehicle lamp4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153212 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Vehicle lamp26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055867 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Vehicle lamp26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055868 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Lighting module and lighting apparatus having same15US 11,164,993 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd. · 2021
  • Lighting module and lighting apparatus having same14US 11,450,786 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd. · 2022
  • Lighting module and lighting apparatus having same11US 11,658,266 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd. · 2023
  • Lighting systems10US 10,222,529 B1Apple Inc. · 2019
  • Vehicular lighting apparatus9US 10,100,995 B2Maxell, Ltd. · 2018

Top assignees

Documents
  • Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.34
  • VNValeo North America, Inc.24
  • Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.23
  • HKHella GmbH & Co. KGaA20
  • LG Innotek Co., Ltd.20
  • VVValeo Vision19
  • SSL Corporation15
  • Hyundai Motor Company14
  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd.13
  • MIMotherson Innovations Company Limited13

Often classified with

  • B60QArrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or253
  • G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus188
  • F21WIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to155
  • F21YIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to103
  • B60RVehicle fittings and parts47
  • F21VFunctional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof44
  • B29CShaping or joining of plastics22
  • F21KNon-electric light sources using luminescence21
  • B29LIndexing scheme associated with subclass b29c, relating to particular articles20
  • B62JCycle saddles or seats18

Documents that also carry the other class.

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