B63G 8/18
By hydrofoils
Official title: by hydrofoils
B63G8/18 (By hydrofoils) appears on 88 US grants and 79 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63G- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 79
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 215
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Underwater helicopter with cycloidal rim vector propulsion4 Aug 2026US 12,698,070 B2Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, CAS
- Vehicle operable as an underwater glider and a surface sailing vehicle and a method thereof28 Jul 2026US 12,691,980 B2
- Underwater sonar device and underwater detecting system2 Jun 2026US 12,643,645 B2Nanfoon Applied Technologies Ltd.
- Air water submarine10 Mar 2026US 12,570,381 B2
- Rapid replacement control fin for an underwater vehicle3 Mar 2026US 12,565,296 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Field configurable autonomous land surface craft1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296612 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Vessel and method of operating vessel for marine operations16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200565 A1Proxflyer AS
- Dive system comprising a submarine and a curtain device connected to the submarine via a tether23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109439 A1
- Differential buoyancy steering2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091862 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Towed apparatus with one or more wings for transverse gradiometer surveying12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072194 A1Fnv IP B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of controlling operating depth of an electricity-generating device having a tethered water current-driven turbine111US 6,091,161 ADehlsen Associates, LLC · 2000
- Adaptive control surface using antagonistic shape memory alloy tendons103US 5,662,294 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1997
- Control tab assisted lift reducing system for underwater hydrofoil surface58US 6,227,139 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2001
- Submersible49US 7,131,389 B12006
- Adaptive compliant wing and rotor system46US 7,384,016 B2FlexSys, Inc. · 2008