B64B 1/50
Captive balloons
B64B1/50 (Captive balloons) appears on 164 US grants and 163 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64B- Granted patents
- 164
- Published applications
- 163
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 306
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 |
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| 2020 | 10 | 17 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aerostat tether installation, handling, damage control, and quick replacement system14 Apr 2026US 12,600,492 B2
- Supply system for a vehicle connected to a platform3 Feb 2026US 12,539,965 B2AGCO International GmbH
- Floating unit for lifting a bendable connection element and supply system for a floating unit16 Sep 2025US 12,415,595 B2AGCO International GmbH
- Ascent and descent of a balloon10 Jun 2025US 12,325,535 B2
- Remote control system for a magnus-effect aircraft6 May 2025US 12,291,324 B2Wind Fisher
- Captive balloon support structure assembly6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340285 A1
- Observation device and method28 Aug 2025US 2025/0271592 A1Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Automatic airborne remote area emergency system21 Aug 2025US 2025/0266899 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Autonomous captive aerostat with devices for generating and converting sustainable carbon-free energy22 May 2025US 2025/0162701 A1
- Systems and methods for an automated, lighter-than-air airborne platform8 May 2025US 2025/0147514 A1Altaeros Energies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Airship power turbine128US 4,166,596 A1979
- Virtual sensor mast88US 7,149,611 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2006
- Multiple wind turbine tethered airfoil wind energy conversion system86US 4,285,481 A1981
- High altitude multi-stage data acquisition system and method of launching stratospheric altitude air-buoyant vehicles83US 4,995,572 APiasecki Aircraft Corporation · 1991
- Emergency signal balloon apparatus82US 4,872,414 A1989