B63C 7/10
Using inflatable floats external to vessels or objects
Official title: using inflatable floats external to vessels or objects
B63C7/10 (Using inflatable floats external to vessels or objects) appears on 56 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 56
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 86
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Seabed resource lifting apparatus24 Mar 2026US 12,584,288 B2
- Attachable rescue flotation device23 Dec 2025US 12,501,889 B1
- 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
- Positioning and rescue device for unmanned underwater vehicle23 Sep 2025US 12,420,897 B2Beibu Gulf University
- Inflatable bladder fairing recovery system with repositioning mechanisms and method31 Dec 2024US 12,179,941 B1United Launch Alliance, L.L.C.
- Apparatus, system and method for monitoring a subsea load9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313314 A1Braaten.technology AS
- Seabed resource lifting apparatus9 Jan 2025US 2025/0012046 A1Lakshmi Co., Ltd.
- Floatation attachment device26 Oct 2023US 2023/0339583 A1
- Anti-sink instant flotation device for boats, ships, barges, airplanes, etc.14 Sep 2023US 2023/0286623 A1
- 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 Feb 2023US 2023/0046200 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flotation device29US 6,080,027 A2000
- Controllable gas generator22US 4,055,632 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1977
- Buoy device for automatic raising of submerged objects19US 4,507,093 A1985
- In-line cable retriever18US 6,612,886 B2Concord Technologies Inc. · 2003
- Flotation device for a submerged article15US 6,036,559 A2000