G03B 9/22
Each moving in one direction to open and then in opposite direction
Official title: each moving in one direction to open and then in opposite direction to close, e.g. iris type
G03B9/22 (Each moving in one direction to open and then in opposite direction) appears on 115 US grants and 73 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 73
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 |
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| 2018 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 11 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,215 B2Actutek Corporation
- Aperture module and camera module including the same14 Jul 2026US 12,681,361 B2Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Optical element driving mechanism12 May 2026US 12,625,414 B2TDK Taiwan Corp.
- Aperture module and camera module including the same10 Mar 2026US 12,572,052 B2Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Camera modules with mechanical iris assemblies3 Feb 2026US 12,541,138 B2Apple Inc.
- Optical module18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383585 A1TDK Taiwan Corp.
- Variable aperture module, imaging lens module and electronic device19 Jun 2025US 2025/0199382 A1Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Camera Modules with Mechanical Iris Assemblies27 Mar 2025US 2025/0102883 A1Apple Inc.
- Aperture module and camera module including the same19 Dec 2024US 2024/0419054 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Optical element driving mechanism5 Dec 2024US 2024/0402457 A1TDK Taiwan Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electromagnetically operated diaphragm shutter43US 4,390,262 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1983
- Shutter device, and apparatus having the same27US 6,089,760 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Method and device for driving lens shutter22US 4,839,680 AMamiya Camera Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Continuously variable electronically actuated shuttering system20US 5,264,896 AEastman Kodak Company · 1993
- Electromagnetic shutter apparatus19US 4,881,093 AEastman Kodak Company · 1989