B63C 9/18
Inflatable equipment characterised by the gas-generating or inflation device
Official title: Inflatable equipment characterised by the gas-generating {or inflation} device
B63C9/18 (Inflatable equipment characterised by the gas-generating or inflation device) appears on 142 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 142
- Published applications
- 143
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 281
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2020 | 12 | 18 |
| 2021 | 14 | 12 |
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| 2023 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Floatation device16 Jun 2026US 12,654,826 B2
- Personal emergency alert assembly for drowning2 Jun 2026US 12,643,643 B2
- Multi-chamber inflatable device12 May 2026US 12,623,758 B2Crusoe Survival, LLC
- Inflatable bag, avalanche backpack and method of deflating an inflatable bag3 Mar 2026US 12,564,742 B2RAS Technology Sàrl
- Water safety garment, related apparatus and methods6 Jan 2026US 12,515,769 B2Boost Ideas, LLC
- Dual-mode inflator for an inflatable floatation device inflator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307768 A1PECI Floatation, LLC
- Automatic inflator with bobbin employing an electronic pill30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217347 A1Halkey-Roberts Corporation
- Inflatable bag, avalanche backpack and method of deflating an inflatable bag18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166350 A1RAS Technology Sàrl
- Floatation device30 Oct 2025US 2025/0333150 A1
- Wearable inflatable flotation device13 Mar 2025US 2025/0083783 A1Neomare Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination inflator and manifold assembly87US 7,056,179 B22006
- Inflatable enclosure and means to inflate same86US 4,929,214 A1990
- All-pyrotechnic inflator61US 4,200,615 AAllied Chemical Corporation · 1980
- Automatic inflator with status indicator42US 6,589,087 B2Halkey-Roberts Corporation · 2003
- Automatic inflator38US 4,260,075 A1981