G03B 11/043
Protective lens closures or lens caps built into cameras
Official title: {Protective lens closures or lens caps built into cameras}
G03B11/043 (Protective lens closures or lens caps built into cameras) appears on 315 US grants and 355 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 315
- Published applications
- 355
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 697
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 12 |
| 2010 | 8 | 16 |
| 2011 | 18 | 12 |
| 2012 | 13 | 10 |
| 2013 | 11 | 22 |
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| 2017 | 13 | 15 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7 |
| 2019 | 13 | 19 |
| 2020 | 15 | 31 |
| 2021 | 17 | 25 |
| 2022 | 27 | 43 |
| 2023 | 29 | 28 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 |
| 2025 | 25 | 21 |
| 2026 | 9 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Shielding structure and electronic device having the same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,854 B2Tymphany Hk Limited
- Camera privacy for telemedicine23 Jun 2026US 12,666,129 B2Vitalchat, Inc.
- Optical system16 Jun 2026US 12,656,572 B2Actutek Corporation
- Electronically actuated camera privacy shutter16 Jun 2026US 12,656,659 B2Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Variable field of view camera12 May 2026US 12,627,875 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Imaging device and home appliance having the same (as amended)1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299379 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Camera module27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251881 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Camera shutter synchronized with camera housing operational position27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251952 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Image capturing device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244080 A1Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Electronically Actuated Camera Privacy Shutter13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235929 A1Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Camera with movable first lens cover which supports movable second lens cover which opens during movement of first lens cover113US 5,740,480 AEastman Kodak Company · 1998
- Optical lens barrel and image pickup apparatus75US 7,768,727 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2010
- Lens barrel and optical device53US 8,537,477 B2Nikon Corporation · 2013
- Actuator mechanism and a shutter mechanism44US 7,976,230 B2Nokia Corporation · 2011
- Camera having lens protection cover41US 4,410,253 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1983