G03B 7/085
For control of aperture
Official title: for control of aperture
G03B7/085 (For control of aperture) appears on 163 US grants and 33 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 163
- Published applications
- 33
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 190
- Latest grant
- 2 Sep 2025
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| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
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- Variable aperture module, imaging lens module and electronic device25 Jun 2024US 12,019,365 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
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- Lens driving mechanism, camera module, and optical device9 Aug 2022US 11,409,186 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Variable aperture module, imaging lens module and electronic device12 Sep 2024US 2024/0302713 A1Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Variable aperture module, imaging lens module and electronic device28 Mar 2024US 2024/0103342 A1Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving mechanism, camera module, and optical device28 Mar 2024US 2024/0103343 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving mechanism, camera module, and optical device27 Oct 2022US 2022/0342278 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Lens Driving Mechanism, Camera Module, and Optical Device5 Nov 2020US 2020/0348581 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of controlling electromagnetic actuator in a camera, and actuator controllable thereby66US 4,333,722 AEastman Kodak Company · 1982
- Shutter-time-preference single lens reflex camera with automatic film wind-up31US 4,015,198 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1977
- Electromagnetic actuator having a compliant armature27US 4,413,895 AEastman Kodak Company · 1983
- Electromagnetically actuated shutter for a camera24US 4,634,254 ASeiko Koki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Passive infrared alarm device17US 4,245,217 AHeimann GmbH · 1981