F21W 2103/00
Exterior vehicle lighting devices for signalling purposes
F21W2103/00 (Exterior vehicle lighting devices for signalling purposes) appears on 830 US grants and 906 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21W- Granted patents
- 830
- Published applications
- 906
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 1,706
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 99 | 84 |
| 2026 | 52 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F21W 2103/20Direction indicator lightsIndexing code269
- F21W 2103/60Projection of signs from lighting devicesIndexing code237
- F21W 2103/10Position lightsIndexing code179
- F21W 2103/35Brake lightsIndexing code167
- F21W 2103/55Daytime running lights [drl]Indexing code161
- F21W 2103/45Reversing lightsIndexing code66
- F21W 2103/15Side marker lightsIndexing code44
- F21W 2103/30Hazard lightsIndexing code31
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Recent patents
- Vehicle lamp assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,753,899 B1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Signal light having a U-shaped or C-shaped housing for a construction machine or working machine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,900 B2MOBA Mobile Automation AG
- Projection device for vehicles29 Sep 2026US 12,747,845 B2Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for lamp of vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,587 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp8 Sep 2026US 12,729,823 B2Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle lamp and light guide body8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309298 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Colored projection by multi-lens array projector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309299 A1ams-OSRAM Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Projection device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309300 A1Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- 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
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