B63C 9/105
Having gas-filled compartments
Official title: having gas-filled compartments (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00)
B63C9/105 (Having gas-filled compartments) appears on 64 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 64
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 76
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Self-righting underwater escape and surface survival suit system17 Feb 2026US 12,552,502 B2Mustang Survival Corp.
- Cold weather submarine escape and survival suit20 Jan 2026US 12,528,566 B1
- Method for manufacturing a flexible three-dimensional structure and flexible structure obtained by the method4 Nov 2025US 12,459,169 B2Air Born
- System and method for controlled horizontal buoyancy6 May 2025US 12,291,317 B2
- Lower body garment with inflatable flotation device6 Aug 2024US 12,054,231 B1
- System and method for controlled horizontal buoyancy28 May 2026US 2026/0145768 A1
- A system for the supporting and the containment of an individual through an inflatable exoskeleton structure22 May 2025US 2025/0160452 A1
- Flexible life-saving flotation device31 Oct 2024US 2024/0359782 A1Sea-Ark Technologies Ltd.
- Emergency flotation device using compressed gas20 Jun 2024US 2024/0199181 A1Sea-Ark Technologies Ltd.
- Floatation apparel system7 Mar 2024US 2024/0076019 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Collapsible flotation device65US 6,485,344 B2Gray Matter Holdings, LLC · 2002
- Anti-exposure inflatable structure50US 4,242,769 AILC Dover, a division of ILC Industries, Inc. · 1981
- Anti-exposure jacket31US 4,416,641 AEast/West Industries, Inc. · 1983
- Water safety and survival system28US 5,855,454 A1999
- Combined ballast and signalling device for a personal flotation device25US 6,558,082 B12003