B63B 22/003
Buoys: adapted for being launched from an aircraft or water vehicle
Official title: {adapted for being launched from an aircraft or water vehicle;, e.g. with brakes deployed in the water}
B63B22/003 (Buoys: adapted for being launched from an aircraft or water vehicle) appears on 152 US grants and 65 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 152
- Published applications
- 65
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 294
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Deploying a rigid inflatable structure8 Sep 2026US 12,729,988 B2Boston Engineering Corporation
- Remote launcher for unmanned water-based deployables1 Sep 2026US 12,722,745 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Methods, apparatuses, and systems for unmanned underwater vehicles10 Feb 2026US 12,545,382 B2The Boeing Company
- Parachute sea anchor1 Apr 2025US 12,263,917 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Projectile launcher22 Oct 2024US 12,123,678 B2ARESIA-Valenton
- Remote Launcher for Unmanned Water-Based Deployables26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084787 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Sonobuoy containment and release device13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346351 A1
- Methods, apparatuses, and systems for unmanned underwater vehicles18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289544 A1The Boeing Company
- Methods and systems for surveying using deep-water vessels6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074564 A1Aqua Satellite, Inc.
- Deploying a rigid inflatable structure12 Dec 2024US 2024/0410724 A1Boston Engineering Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rescue device89US 6,552,652 B2Synergy Microsystems, Inc. · 2003
- Marine measurement device42US 4,673,363 ASippican Ocean Systems, Inc. · 1987
- Underwater buoy provided with hydrodynamic stabilizing means and designed to be suspended, notably from a helicopter40US 4,954,110 AThomson-CSF · 1990
- Emergency transmitter buoy and bracket assembly40US 4,981,453 ALitton Systems, Inc. · 1991
- Arctic submarine buoy and application methods29US 5,319,376 ATRW Inc. · 1994