G02B 6/4219
Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other
Official title: {Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor}
G02B6/4219 (Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other) appears on 5,213 US grants and 5,069 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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Filings by year
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| 2024 | 158 | 245 |
| 2025 | 180 | 307 |
| 2026 | 126 | 223 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G02B 6/4236Fixing or mounting methods of the aligned elements2,584
- G02B 6/4228Passive alignment, i.e. without a detection of the degree of coupling or2,099
- G02B 6/422Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree1,722
- G02B 6/4234Passive alignment along the optical axis and active alignment perpendicular to the111
- G02B 6/4233Active alignment along the optical axis and passive alignment perpendicular to the57
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