G02B 7/003
Alignment of optical elements
Official title: {Alignment of optical elements (G02B7/001, G02B7/002 take precedence; for mirrors G02B7/1822)}
G02B7/003 (Alignment of optical elements) appears on 1,403 US grants and 1,515 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.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Zoom lens assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,742,944 B2Zhongshan Union Optech Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Lens unit and lens alignment method15 Sep 2026US 12,736,768 B2Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Methods of making a low-cost miniature accommodating optical imaging system15 Sep 2026US 12,736,777 B2Northwestern University
- Electronic devices with removable light seals8 Sep 2026US 12,730,278 B2Apple Inc.
- Adjustment method and adjustment apparatus for mutual parallelism of two back-to-back gratings1 Sep 2026US 12,724,220 B2Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology
- Techniques for alignment of target and local oscillator beams to photodiode detector1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299248 A1Aeva, Inc.
- Changer for Optical Elements and Optical Instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299281 A1ATMOS MedizinTechnik GmbH & Co. KG
- Camera module17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281528 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Optical device having occulter arm moveable to occlude the field of view and associated methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259388 A1Eagle Technology, LLC
- Optical mount with spring retention mechanism9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194729 A1Thorlabs, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical arrangements for use with an array camera203US 8,804,255 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2014
- Vehicular camera and lens assembly202US 8,542,451 B2Magna Electronics Inc. · 2013
- Add-on device with configurable optics for an image scanner for scanning barcodes146US 9,697,401 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2017
- Vehicular camera and lens assembly and method of manufacturing same131US 9,277,104 B2Magna Electronics Inc. · 2016
- Optical arrangements for use with an array camera121US 9,128,228 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2015