B60F 5/02
Convertible into aircraft
Official title: convertible into aircraft (convertible aircraft B64C37/00; convertible unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV]-type aircraft, e.g. convertible into land vehicles, B64U10/70)
B60F5/02 (Convertible into aircraft) appears on 230 US grants and 276 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60F- Granted patents
- 230
- Published applications
- 276
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 482
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 9 | 16 |
| 2016 | 10 | 20 |
| 2017 | 20 | 16 |
| 2018 | 8 | 26 |
| 2019 | 9 | 21 |
| 2020 | 13 | 24 |
| 2021 | 14 | 24 |
| 2022 | 29 | 21 |
| 2023 | 21 | 27 |
| 2024 | 25 | 23 |
| 2025 | 20 | 12 |
| 2026 | 12 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Underwater rescue device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,009 B2
- Aircraft including a plurality of novel elements and a method of assembling and forming the same4 Aug 2026US 12,697,845 B2Airspace Experience Technologies, Inc.
- Reconfigurable unmanned vehicles16 Jun 2026US 12,654,839 B2Texas Tech University System
- Vertiport with a buffer zone9 Jun 2026US 12,649,570 B2Flyon Aerosystems Ltd.
- Dual-mode vehicle collective guidance systems26 May 2026US 12,640,044 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Buckling beams for underwater and terrestrial autonomous vehicles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274021 A1
- Systems and methods for electric-powered flight vehicles27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249984 A1
- Trans-domain autonomous vehicle (tdav) buoyancy system and method thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242073 A1
- Hubless propulsion unit4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152268 A1Everon Corporation
- Loitering Craft14 May 2026US 2026/0131915 A1REGENT Craft Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle with aerial and ground mobility125US 8,991,740 B2Draganfly Innovations Inc. · 2015
- Modular and morphable air vehicle125US 9,045,226 B2Piasecki Aircraft Corporation · 2015
- Flying device with improved movement on the ground101US 7,959,104 B22011
- Flying car82US 6,745,977 B12004
- Roadable aircraft73US 6,086,014 A2000