B64C 9/00
Adjustable control surfaces or members
Official title: Adjustable control surfaces or members, e.g. rudders (trimming stabilising surfaces B64C5/10)
B64C9/00 (Adjustable control surfaces or members) appears on 2,119 US grants and 2,049 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
- 2,119
- Published applications
- 2,049
- Assignees
- 434
- Inventors
- 3,029
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 3 |
| 2002 | 20 | 22 |
| 2003 | 14 | 13 |
| 2004 | 14 | 19 |
| 2005 | 15 | 38 |
| 2006 | 22 | 30 |
| 2007 | 29 | 40 |
| 2008 | 20 | 29 |
| 2009 | 26 | 64 |
| 2010 | 32 | 64 |
| 2011 | 44 | 60 |
| 2012 | 55 | 56 |
| 2013 | 72 | 60 |
| 2014 | 58 | 69 |
| 2015 | 65 | 83 |
| 2016 | 81 | 103 |
| 2017 | 102 | 103 |
| 2018 | 83 | 131 |
| 2019 | 96 | 150 |
| 2020 | 134 | 190 |
| 2021 | 161 | 160 |
| 2022 | 179 | 159 |
| 2023 | 148 | 133 |
| 2024 | 158 | 121 |
| 2025 | 126 | 74 |
| 2026 | 71 | 75 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B64C 9/14Forming slots1,127
- B64C 9/02Mounting or supporting thereof698
- B64C 9/32Air braking surfaces182
- B64C 2009/005AileronsIndexing code177
- B64C 9/38Jet flaps118
- B64C 9/34Collapsing or retracting against or within other surfaces or other members116
- B64C 9/04Adjustable control surfaces or members: with compound dependent movements105
- B64C 9/12Surfaces of different type or function being simultaneously adjusted72
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