B63C 11/08
Control of air pressure within suit
Official title: Control of air pressure within suit, e.g. for controlling buoyancy {; Buoyancy compensator vests, or the like}
B63C11/08 (Control of air pressure within suit) appears on 127 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 127
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 172
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Inflation fluid supply and discharge assembly, in particular for inflatable diving equipment, such as buoys, surface-marker buoys, balancing jackets or the like, and inflatable diving equipment provided with such assembly16 Dec 2025US 12,497,145 B2
- Buoyancy compensator bladder suitable for both back mount and side mount diving11 Nov 2025US 12,466,527 B1
- Buoyancy control device for scuba diving20 May 2025US 12,304,601 B2Cressi-Sub S.p.A.
- Diving apparatus and diving system11 Jun 2024US 12,006,008 B2Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
- Buoyancy compensator bladder suitable for both back mount and side mount diving29 Aug 2023US 11,738,838 B1
- Diver recovery device, diver recovery system and techniques for using15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015069 A1Civil-Military Innovation Institute Inc.
- Stabilisation system for a diver29 May 2025US 2025/0171123 A1
- Body suit with distributed air supply24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351672 A1
- Buoyancy compensator jacket2 May 2024US 2024/0140575 A1Tabata Co., Ltd.
- Wearable safety system for either diving, harsh or anoxic environments, or for individuals at high risk for respiratory or cardiac failure.7 Dec 2023US 2023/0390150 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Buoyancy compensator and inflation system47US 4,137,585 AU.S. Divers Co., Inc. · 1979
- Combination buoyancy compensator and support for a diver's backpack with a swivel buckle and triangular holder45US 5,860,769 ASeaQuest, Inc. · 1999
- Conformable buoyancy compensator38US 4,523,914 AU.S.D. Corp. · 1985
- Buoyancy compensator with an adjustable strap35US 4,778,307 AU.S. Divers Co., Inc. · 1988
- Soft backpack for scuba diver air tanks35US 4,952,095 A1990