B63G 8/40
Rescue equipment for personnel
Official title: Rescue equipment for personnel (life-saving in water, not specially adapted for submarine personnel B63C)
B63G8/40 (Rescue equipment for personnel) appears on 37 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63G- Granted patents
- 37
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 102
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Underwater rescue device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,009 B2
- Fabricated ocean tunnel structure with escape device and application method thereof19 Mar 2024US 11,933,176 B2Shandong University
- Offshore floating island30 May 2023US 11,661,157 B2
- Deep-water submersible system24 May 2022US 11,343,944 B2Raytheon Company
- Buoyage for emergency communication and corresponding rescue method7 Sep 2021US 11,110,999 B1Shanghai Ocean University
- Surfacing device, information management device, and detachable moving body17 Oct 2024US 2024/0343361 A1Amuza Japan Co., Ltd.
- Improved watercraft system4 Jul 2024US 2024/0217636 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Fabricated ocean tunnel structure with escape device and application method thereof7 Dec 2023US 2023/0392499 A1Shandong University
- Underwater rescue device9 Nov 2023US 2023/0356818 A1Binzhou University
- Offshore Floating Island27 Oct 2022US 2022/0340242 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Submarine extendible turret system19US 5,677,506 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1997
- Swivel air lock for airtight connection between submergibles16US 3,987,742 AEtat Francais represente par le Deleque Ministeriel pour l'Armement · 1976
- Diver's rescue apparatus10US 4,951,660 ADragerwerk Aktiengesellschaft · 1990
- Small device launch system10US 6,532,887 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2003
- Apparatus for launching stores from a submerged vehicle9US 4,147,124 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1979