G03B 15/041
Separatable flash apparatus
Official title: {Separatable flash apparatus; Means for mounting the flash apparatus on the photographic apparatus}
G03B15/041 (Separatable flash apparatus) appears on 49 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 49
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 82
- Latest grant
- 22 Jul 2025
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G03B 15/0431Rotatable mounting means18
- G03B 15/0426Mounting means comprising longitudinal slide and incorporated contacts7
- G03B 15/0421Mounting means comprising transversal slide and incorporated contacts of the type "hot5
- G03B 15/0436Mounting means for sequential translation2
- G03B 15/0415Mounting means comprising transversal slide and separate cable0
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Camera support bracket and flash unit mounting device127US 4,091,402 A1978
- Multiple taking lenses, equal number flash bulbs, camera with flash-lens sequencing to reduce red-eye43US 5,678,073 AEastman Kodak Company · 1997
- Lighting unit25US 5,083,253 A1992
- Switching devices for photoflash unit21US 3,990,833 AGeneral Electric Company · 1976
- Means for supporting sources of artificial light-in photographic apparatus having expansible housings19US 3,988,752 AAgfa-Gevaert · 1976