B64C 3/50
By leading or trailing edge flaps
Official title: by leading or trailing edge flaps
B64C3/50 (By leading or trailing edge flaps) appears on 223 US grants and 197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
- 223
- Published applications
- 197
- Assignees
- 81
- Inventors
- 363
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 12 | 11 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 23 |
| 2020 | 12 | 20 |
| 2021 | 25 | 17 |
| 2022 | 22 | 11 |
| 2023 | 14 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Wing for an aircraft25 Aug 2026US 12,715,573 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Elevon control system4 Aug 2026US 12,698,076 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Actuation assembly for a trailing edge flap of an aircraft wing30 Jun 2026US 12,668,351 B2Asco Industries
- Vehicle based optimization system and method therefor16 Jun 2026US 12,654,844 B2Gadfin Ltd.
- Wing for an aircraft28 Apr 2026US 12,612,152 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- High lift arrangement for an aircraft wing20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242052 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Kinematics Assembly For A High Lift Body, Support Station, High Lift Body Arrangement, As Well As Wing And Aircraft Comprising Same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167322 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Actuation mechanism for a high lift system, associated high lift system, aircraft and method of actuating a high lift system14 May 2026US 2026/0131886 A1
- Elevon control system19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048833 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Method for detecting a free play in a control surface and associated detection system1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002777 A1Dassault Aviation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wind edge movable airfoil having variable camber74US 4,650,140 AThe Boeing Company · 1987
- Aircraft wings with aileron-supported ground speed spoilers and trailing edge flaps72US 4,717,097 AThe Boeing Company · 1988
- Flaperon system for tilt rotor wings70US 5,094,412 ABell Helicopter Textron Inc. · 1992
- Variable camber leading edge for an airfoil70US 6,375,126 B1The Boeing Company · 2002
- Slot forming segments and slot changing spoilers67US 6,328,265 B12001