G12B 11/04
Pointers
Official title: Pointers; Setting-mechanisms therefor
G12B11/04 (Pointers) appears on 32 US grants and 17 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G12B- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 17
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 64
- Latest grant
- 8 Dec 2020
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Miniaturized illuminated pointer for instrument cluster8 Dec 2020US 10,859,414 B2N. S. International Ltd.
- Indicating-needle type meter device7 Aug 2018US 10,041,821 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Display device7 Aug 2018US 10,043,589 B2Continental Automotive GmbH
- Illuminated pointer instrument for a motor vehicle5 Dec 2017US 9,837,172 B2Audi AG
- Stepper pointer7 Mar 2017US 9,589,677 B2Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
- Miniaturized illuminated pointer for instrument cluster24 Oct 2019US 2019/0323868 A1N. S. International Ltd.
- Illuminated pointer instrument for a motor vehicle22 Jun 2017US 2017/0178754 A1Audi AG
- Display device20 Oct 2016US 2016/0307648 A1Continental Automotive GmbH
- Indicating-needle type meter device23 Jun 2016US 2016/0178413 A1Yazaki Corporation
- Stepper pointer31 Mar 2016US 2016/0093405 A1Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for illuminating instrument pointers28US 4,380,043 AJeco Co., Ltd. · 1983
- Analog indicator with self-luminescent pointer28US 5,372,087 ANippondenso Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Illuminated snap-on gauge pointer assembly26US 5,603,283 ADelco Electronics Corporation · 1997
- Indicator illuminated with electroluminescent lighting24US 4,559,582 AAllied Corporation · 1985
- Illuminated pointer enabling independent pointing on two scales simultaneously17US 6,981,464 B2Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation · 2006