G02B 7/1827
Motorised alignment
Official title: {Motorised alignment}
G02B7/1827 (Motorised alignment) appears on 506 US grants and 451 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 506
- Published applications
- 451
- Assignees
- 250
- Inventors
- 950
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 12 |
| 2010 | 12 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 19 |
| 2016 | 22 | 18 |
| 2017 | 16 | 38 |
| 2018 | 24 | 15 |
| 2019 | 24 | 45 |
| 2020 | 22 | 36 |
| 2021 | 47 | 54 |
| 2022 | 39 | 26 |
| 2023 | 41 | 29 |
| 2024 | 29 | 32 |
| 2025 | 23 | 22 |
| 2026 | 16 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laser apparatus and laser machining apparatus using same18 Aug 2026US 12,710,620 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Actuators for providing an extended two-degree of freedom rotation range18 Aug 2026US 12,710,685 B2Corephotonics Ltd.
- Variable print chamber walls for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing11 Aug 2026US 12,703,145 B2Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Satellite with an optical adjustment device and related methods4 Aug 2026US 12,698,100 B2Eagle Technology, LLC
- Folded optics camera with tilt actuator4 Aug 2026US 12,699,278 B2Apple Inc.
- Folded Optics Camera with Tilt Actuator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287917 A1Apple Inc.
- Large angle compact optical image stabilization for folded cameras20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243995 A1Corephotonics Ltd.
- Method and devices for aligning a three-dimensional reflector20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245251 A1
- Substrate comprising slots for holding optical components of a laser cavity6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229832 A1Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausenne (EPFL)
- High Efficiency Directional Stabilization of Lasers30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219491 A1The Boeing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spatial light modulator and method846US 5,061,049 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1991
- Spatial light modulator and method555US 5,096,279 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1992
- Linear spatial light modulator and printer423US 4,596,992 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1986
- Glare-shielding type reflector241US 4,632,509 ANippondenso Co., Ltd. · 1986
- Illuminated feather-touch solenoid actuated vehicle day/night mirror217US 4,781,436 A1988