G02C 5/2218
Resilient hinges
Official title: {Resilient hinges}
G02C5/2218 (Resilient hinges) appears on 362 US grants and 325 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 362
- Published applications
- 325
- Assignees
- 210
- Inventors
- 513
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 4 |
| 2003 | 8 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | 8 | 11 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 12 | 11 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 13 | 11 |
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| 2016 | 8 | 18 |
| 2017 | 13 | 12 |
| 2018 | 12 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 20 |
| 2020 | 10 | 11 |
| 2021 | 11 | 26 |
| 2022 | 15 | 12 |
| 2023 | 8 | 18 |
| 2024 | 19 | 18 |
| 2025 | 17 | 29 |
| 2026 | 14 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Loudspeaker1 Sep 2026US 12,724,295 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Folding eyeglasses18 Aug 2026US 12,710,666 B2Luxottica S.R.L.
- Coupling unit for eyeglass frames, and an eyeglass frame comprising the unit4 Aug 2026US 12,699,280 B2Ovvo Optics Spolka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia
- Hinge system for eyeglasses14 Jul 2026US 12,681,325 B2Etnia Eyewear Culture S.L.
- Eyewear with inwardly biased temples26 May 2026US 12,638,693 B2
- Hinge assemblies for smart eyewear apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287927 A1IXI Eyewear Oy
- Glasses24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287935 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Glasses24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287936 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Glasses24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287937 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Rotating assembly for glasses and glasses2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186323 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Detachable cam-biased eyeglass temples170US 5,963,296 AJ. W. Envisions, Inc. · 1999
- Multi-component eyewear127US 5,359,370 AMugnier Design · 1994
- Spring-hinged frame for eyeware121US 5,835,185 A1998
- Exchangeable eyeglass temple pieces utilizing quick-connect attachment118US 6,231,181 B1Q.R. Spex, Inc. · 2001
- Spectacle frame62US 5,258,784 A1993