B63G 8/04
Superstructure
B63G8/04 (Superstructure) appears on 109 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63G- Granted patents
- 109
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 282
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 | 16 |
| 2024 | 32 | 16 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 11 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Modular subsea vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,747,012 B2Oceaneering International, Inc.
- Underwater device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,971 B2Pioneer Material Precision Tech Co., Ltd.
- Underwater docking system for unmanned underwater vehicle25 Aug 2026US 12,715,558 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Watercraft system with modular hull26 May 2026US 12,637,187 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Systems and methods for joining modules of airborne vehicles5 May 2026US 12,617,510 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Field configurable autonomous land surface craft1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296612 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Pct/us23/3339013 Aug 2026US 2026/0233816 A1Armada Marine Robotics, Inc.
- Miniature magnetic robot swimmer geometries26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084793 A1University of Houston System
- Underwater docking system for unmanned underwater vehicle12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070633 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Underwater device12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042521 A1Pioneer Material Precision Tech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Winged autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)21US 10,654,549 B2Raytheon Company · 2020
- Biomimetic robotic manta ray13US 11,161,578 B2Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · 2021
- Apparatus and method for joining modules in a field configurable autonomous vehicle12US 11,745,840 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2023
- Multi-joint fish robot capable of rapid acceleration propulsion11US 9,937,986 B1AIRO Inc. · 2018
- Guide apparatus for moving supports for sensors and the like of submarines10US 8,286,571 B2Calzoni S.R.L. · 2012