G02B 6/36
Mechanical coupling means
Official title: Mechanical coupling means (G02B6/255, G02B6/42 take precedence)
G02B6/36 (Mechanical coupling means) appears on 14,206 US grants and 12,633 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- 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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| 2022 | 572 | 649 |
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| 2024 | 510 | 576 |
| 2025 | 423 | 551 |
| 2026 | 277 | 374 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/38Having fibre to fibre mating means11,668
- G02B 6/3628For mounting fibres to supporting carriers2,220
- G02B 6/3616Holders, macro size fixtures for mechanically holding or positioning fibres915
- G02B 6/40Having fibre bundle mating means592
- G02B 6/3604Rotary joints allowing relative rotational movement between opposing fibre or fibre bundle415
- G02B 6/3608Fibre wiring boards, i.e. where fibres are embedded or attached in a332
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