G03B 9/06
Two or more co-operating pivoted blades
Official title: Two or more co-operating pivoted blades, e.g. iris type (shutters functioning as diaphragms by limiting extent of opening movement G03B9/08)
G03B9/06 (Two or more co-operating pivoted blades) appears on 345 US grants and 387 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 345
- Published applications
- 387
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 586
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 14 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 10 | 7 |
| 2010 | 13 | 10 |
| 2011 | 13 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 9 | 6 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11 |
| 2018 | 9 | 20 |
| 2019 | 13 | 40 |
| 2020 | 25 | 39 |
| 2021 | 40 | 15 |
| 2022 | 17 | 13 |
| 2023 | 17 | 15 |
| 2024 | 13 | 54 |
| 2025 | 29 | 40 |
| 2026 | 31 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Imaging lens module and electronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,341 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Iris module and camera module including the same22 Sep 2026US 12,743,001 B2Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Camera and switch22 Sep 2026US 12,743,010 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Camera module including aperture1 Sep 2026US 12,724,321 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Variable aperture, camera module, and electronic device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,682 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Iris device and camera module comprising same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287976 A1Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Actuator assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275968 A1Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Imaging lens assembly module and electronic device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276980 A1Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Light shielding unit and lens barrel equipped with the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277076 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Aperture module and camera module including aperture module20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244079 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling radiant energy39US 4,257,086 AKoehler Manufacturing Company · 1981
- Amount-of-light adjusting device34US 5,689,746 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Light shield mechanism for quadrilateral opening30US 3,978,503 AAsahi Kogaku Kabushiki Kaisha · 1976
- Motor driven exposure adjusting device28US 4,922,274 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha/Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Iris leaf for optical component27US 4,009,946 AJos. Schneider Optische Werke Kreuznach GmbH & Co. KG · 1977