G02C 5/2263
Composite hinges
Official title: {Composite hinges, e.g. for varying the inclination of the lenses}
G02C5/2263 (Composite hinges) appears on 203 US grants and 157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02C- Granted patents
- 203
- Published applications
- 157
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 342
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 1 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 12 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 9 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 2 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Central part for an eyeglass hinge, and eyeglasses having a central part of this type12 May 2026US 12,625,387 B2Obe GmbH & Co. KG
- Frame assembly for electronic device10 Mar 2026US 12,572,021 B1Apple Inc.
- Wearable electronic device9 Dec 2025US 12,493,189 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Wearable image display device26 Aug 2025US 12,399,375 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Wearable near-to-eye vision systems17 Jun 2025US 12,332,455 B2Gentex Corporation
- Glasses with magnetic hinge assembly30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219514 A1Luxottica S.R.L.
- Reversible eyewear11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161018 A1
- Reversible Eyewear That Pivots At The Nose Bridge4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153749 A1
- Over-extension hinge for a pair of augmented-reality glasses14 May 2026US 2026/0133436 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Hinge module and glasses7 May 2026US 2026/0126671 A1Goertek Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interchangeable nosepiece system186US 6,056,399 AOakley, Inc. · 2000
- Adjustable focal length eye glasses142US 6,076,927 A2000
- Eyeglasses with adjustable temple inclination135US 5,357,292 AUvex Safety, Inc. · 1994
- Biased eyeglass frames87US 5,805,261 AOakley, Inc. · 1998
- Biased eyeglass frames60US 6,106,116 AOakley, Inc. · 2000