G01B 2210/283
Beam projectors and related sensors
G01B2210/283 (Beam projectors and related sensors) appears on 175 US grants and 70 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 175
- Published applications
- 70
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 259
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Portable calibration assembly and method25 Aug 2026US 12,716,716 B2Carcal Experts
- System and method for detecting axle body and filet cracks in rail vehicles9 Sep 2025US 12,409,874 B2BNSF Railway Company
- Method for measuring the mudguard edge of a vehicle on a test bench22 Apr 2025US 12,281,890 B2Dürr Assembly Products GmbH
- Non-contact vehicle orientation and alignment sensor and method8 Apr 2025US 12,270,639 B2BPG Sales and Technology Investments, LLC
- Target unit of machine vision system, target assembly and machine vision system1 Apr 2025US 12,264,910 B2Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd.
- System and method for detecting axle body and filet cracks in rail vehicles1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001581 A1BNSF Railway Company
- Arrangement for determining wheel alignment19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196923 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- System and Method For Identification of Spatial Locations For Vehicle ADAS Calibration5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180349 A1Hunter Engineering Company
- Four-wheel alignment measuring device and four-wheel alignment apparatus29 May 2025US 2025/0172386 A1Shenzhen Smartsafe Tech Co., Ltd.
- Four-wheel aligner29 May 2025US 2025/0172387 A1Shenzhen Smartsafe Tech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automobile wheel alignment device and method116US 4,095,902 AApplied Power Inc. · 1978
- Vehicle wheel alignment apparatus and method69US 4,745,469 APerceptron, Inc. · 1988
- Intelligent sensor method and apparatus for an optical wheel alignment machine68US 5,731,870 AFori Automation, Inc. · 1998
- Angle sensor with CCD56US 5,018,853 ABear Automotive Service Equipment Company · 1991
- Non-contact method and apparatus for determining camber and caster of a vehicle wheel52US 5,978,077 AFori Automation, Inc. · 1999