B63H 5/07
Arrangements on vessels of propulsion elements directly acting on water: of propellers
Official title: of propellers (forming part of outboard units {or Z-drives} B63H20/00)
B63H5/07 (Arrangements on vessels of propulsion elements directly acting on water: of propellers) appears on 1,453 US grants and 1,017 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63H- Granted patents
- 1,453
- Published applications
- 1,017
- Assignees
- 463
- Inventors
- 2,088
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 33 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 7 |
| 2002 | 33 | 19 |
| 2003 | 24 | 21 |
| 2004 | 28 | 30 |
| 2005 | 23 | 33 |
| 2006 | 36 | 37 |
| 2007 | 31 | 33 |
| 2008 | 32 | 35 |
| 2009 | 26 | 22 |
| 2010 | 20 | 34 |
| 2011 | 23 | 39 |
| 2012 | 22 | 33 |
| 2013 | 34 | 31 |
| 2014 | 43 | 48 |
| 2015 | 44 | 81 |
| 2016 | 72 | 55 |
| 2017 | 61 | 48 |
| 2018 | 58 | 56 |
| 2019 | 55 | 49 |
| 2020 | 45 | 52 |
| 2021 | 41 | 39 |
| 2022 | 45 | 57 |
| 2023 | 40 | 48 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 |
| 2025 | 41 | 32 |
| 2026 | 17 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63H 5/125Movably mounted with respect to hull591
- B63H 5/08Of more than one propeller444
- B63H 5/16Characterised by being mounted in recesses360
- B63H 5/14Characterised by being mounted in non-rotating ducts or rings255
- B63H 2005/075Using non-azimuthing podded propulsor units, i.e. podded units without means for rotationIndexing code59
- B63H 5/18Of emergency propellers24
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Marine drive with integrated trim tab100US 7,188,581 B1Brunswick Corporation · 2007
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- Systems and methods for controlling speed of a marine vessel82US 9,248,898 B1Brunswick Corporation · 2016
- Electronic propeller guard76US 6,676,460 B1Maruta Electric Boatworks LLC · 2004