B64C 9/14
Forming slots
Official title: forming slots
B64C9/14 (Forming slots) appears on 1,127 US grants and 1,080 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64C- Granted patents
- 1,127
- Published applications
- 1,080
- Assignees
- 206
- Inventors
- 1,537
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 95 | 77 |
| 2025 | 79 | 41 |
| 2026 | 40 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B64C 9/16At the rear of the wing674
- B64C 9/22At the front of the wing481
- B64C 2009/143Comprising independently adjustable elements for closing or opening the slot between theIndexing code62
- B64C 9/28By flaps at both the front and rear of the wing operating28
- B64C 9/146At an other wing location than the rear or the front12
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Wing leading edge high lift device92US 4,285,482 AThe Boeing Company · 1981
- Flap system for short takeoff and landing aircraft84US 4,784,355 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 1988
- Efficient trailing edge system for an aircraft wing76US 4,120,470 AThe Boeing Company · 1978
- Three-position variable camber Krueger leading edge flap75US 5,158,252 AThe Boeing Company · 1992
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