G03B 11/045
Lens hoods or shields
Official title: {Lens hoods or shields}
G03B11/045 (Lens hoods or shields) appears on 283 US grants and 318 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 283
- Published applications
- 318
- Assignees
- 168
- Inventors
- 576
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 29 | 37 |
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| 2023 | 22 | 15 |
| 2024 | 17 | 24 |
| 2025 | 18 | 23 |
| 2026 | 7 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image capturing device and panoramic image creation method22 Sep 2026US 12,743,015 B2Pfu Limited
- Lens hood8 Sep 2026US 12,730,358 B2Somar Corporation
- Imaging apparatus using common regions between images for luminance compensation14 Jul 2026US 12,684,246 B2Denso Corporation
- 3 piece base cover, rear view device, vehicle and assembling and dis-assembling method2 Jun 2026US 12,643,471 B2Motherson Innovations Company Limited
- Shielding structure for camera and mower3 Mar 2026US 12,564,131 B2Skybest Electric Appliance (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for adjusting attitude27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251953 A1Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
- Focusing Method and Electronic Device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244081 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Privacy cover for camera, and camera21 May 2026US 2026/0140427 A1Yealink (Xiamen) Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Protection device, detection system, and a method therefor14 May 2026US 2026/0133471 A1Von Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. KG
- Multi-depth carrier card apparatus and method for installation and removal of lens protectors14 May 2026US 2026/0133472 A1Case-Mate, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Container99US 5,439,128 A1995
- Integrated camera window63US 8,684,613 B2Apple Inc. · 2014
- Lens hood46US 6,104,887 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Photographing lens of a camera having a mask for blocking off noise light which generates in relation to a non-circular lens41US 6,341,901 B12002
- Camera hood with pivoting lens cap39US 4,909,617 A1990