B64D 1/04
The articles being explosive
Official title: the articles being explosive, e.g. bombs
B64D1/04 (The articles being explosive) appears on 378 US grants and 254 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 378
- Published applications
- 254
- Assignees
- 163
- Inventors
- 628
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2 |
| 2012 | 10 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 13 | 27 |
| 2021 | 12 | 30 |
| 2022 | 22 | 16 |
| 2023 | 30 | 27 |
| 2024 | 19 | 22 |
| 2025 | 23 | 21 |
| 2026 | 22 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Conveying and release device with cartridge presence indicator6 Oct 2026US 12,752,918 B2ARESIA-Valenton
- Rotating release launching system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,580 B2Anduril Industries, Inc.
- Cavity acoustic tones suppression11 Aug 2026US 12,703,480 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Gravitational and/or pneumatic restrain and release mechanism for an external airborne load14 Jul 2026US 12,679,539 B2AEREA S.p.A.
- Payload platform for unmanned vehicles14 Jul 2026US 12,680,799 B2Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
- Midair item dispenser systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307790 A1
- Machine to Machine Targeting Maintaining Positive Identification1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299620 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Aeronautical conveying and dropping device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274415 A1ARESIA-Valenton
- Multistage Free-Flight Testing System13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233852 A1United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
- System and method for providing neuromorphic aircraft stores centric expendable and returnable networked technology16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203931 A1Jaime America, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magazine, cartridge and method for launching a countermeasure60US 10,684,099 B2Saab AB · 2020
- System and method for enhancing the payload capacity, carriage efficiency, and adaptive flexibility of external stores mounted on an aerial vehicle60US 7,610,841 B22009
- Missile carrier airplane47US 4,208,949 ABoeing Commercial Airplane Company · 1980
- Ordnance ejector system44US 4,572,053 ATeleflex Incorporated · 1986
- Cold gas ejector rack40US 5,583,312 AMcDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company · 1996