F21W 2102/14
Having vertical cut-off lines
Official title: having vertical cut-off lines; specially adapted for adaptive high beams, i.e. wherein the beam is broader but avoids glaring other road users
F21W2102/14 (Having vertical cut-off lines) appears on 146 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21W- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 16 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Light module and lighting device for a motor vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,753,897 B2Hella Saturnus Slovenija d.o.o.
- Illumination device for a vehicle11 Aug 2026US 12,704,231 B2Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Light guide for a motor vehicle illumination device for improving light homogeneity23 Jun 2026US 12,663,133 B2PO Lighting Czech, s.r.o.
- Control of vehicle headlamps23 Jun 2026US 12,663,134 B2PO Lighting Czech, s.r.o.
- Adaptive vehicle headlamp based on object position9 Jun 2026US 12,649,411 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287138 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle headlamp17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274155 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp illumination module and vehicle lamp17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276165 A1Hasco Vision Technology Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle headlamp apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241850 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Control apparatus for a vehicle lamp, vehicle lamp system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241851 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle headlamp61US 4,985,816 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Vehicle headlight12US 8,251,560 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. · 2012
- Device for emitting a light beam and light, especially for an automotive vehicle, comprising said device11US 9,664,353 B2Valeo Vision Belgique · 2017
- Vehicle headlamp apparatus10US 8,552,648 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 2013
- Apparatus and method for controlling head lamp of vehicle10US 8,892,301 B2SL Corporation · 2014