B60V 1/16
Flexible skirts
B60V1/16 (Flexible skirts) appears on 104 US grants and 21 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60V- Granted patents
- 104
- Published applications
- 21
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 152
- Latest grant
- 6 Feb 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Amphibious air-cushion vehicle with dual-rail cargo system6 Feb 2024US 11,891,041 B2Textron Innovations Inc.
- Hovercraft having stealth function15 Aug 2023US 11,724,683 B2K-Marine Co., Ltd.
- Nozzles and control systems for hovercrafts26 Apr 2022US 11,312,351 B2
- System for controlling an air cushion vehicle by propeller towers and a propeller tower20 Jul 2021US 11,066,059 B2
- Air supply system and method for a hovercraft4 Feb 2020US 10,549,743 B1Charles E. Hill & Associates, Inc.
- Planar air jet for skirtless air cushion vehicle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208720 A1
- Air bypass to augment air cushion vehicle9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192791 A1
- Drag reduction device30 Nov 2023US 2023/0383772 A1Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Hovercraft having stealth function17 Feb 2022US 2022/0048491 A1K-Marine Co., Ltd.
- Air caster with skirt stabilizer1 Jul 2021US 2021/0197790 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hovercraft having segmented skirt which reduces plowing42US 5,560,443 A1996
- Means for mounting a skirt on an air cushion vehicle41US 5,119,897 A1992
- Impact attenuation27US 4,645,142 AMBB GmbH · 1987
- Amphibious craft16US 7,347,154 B2Coupland Bell Limited · 2008
- Heavy lift air cushion amphibious vehicle15US 4,175,636 A1979