G02B 6/359
Of the position of the moving element itself during switching, i.e. without
Official title: {of the position of the moving element itself during switching, i.e. without monitoring the switched beams}
G02B6/359 (Of the position of the moving element itself during switching, i.e. without) appears on 198 US grants and 170 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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