B64D 17/02
Canopy arrangement or construction
B64D17/02 (Canopy arrangement or construction) appears on 251 US grants and 166 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 251
- Published applications
- 166
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 349
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3 |
| 2016 | 8 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B64D 17/025For gliding chutes124
- B64D 17/18Vent arrangement or construction38
- B64D 17/14With skirt or air-deflecting panels23
- B64D 17/04Formed with two or more canopies arranged about a common axis13
- B64D 17/10Ribbon construction or the like12
- B64D 17/06Formed with two or more canopies arranged in a cluster8
- B64D 17/08Secondary or shock-absorbing canopies attached to load line8
- B64D 17/12Constructed to provide variable or non-uniform porosity over area of canopy6
Recent patents
- High altitude parafoils11 Aug 2026US 12,703,492 B2World View Enterprises Inc.
- Parachute with improved gliding features14 Jul 2026US 12,679,546 B2Alluvionic, Inc.
- Aerospace balloon system and method of operation2 Jun 2026US 12,643,651 B2Space Perspective Inc.
- Safety device and flight vehicle including safety device2 Jun 2026US 12,643,690 B2Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method, system, and apparatus for a parachute17 Mar 2026US 12,576,975 B1
- Parachute with improved gliding features8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307809 A1Alluvionic, Inc.
- Emergency escape parachute3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257800 A1
- Parachute with canopy slits or openings for preventing canopy inversion2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184430 A1Airborne Systems Na Inc.
- Parachute with Improved Gliding Features21 May 2026US 2026/0138747 A1Alluvionic, Inc.
- Blunted module cruciform parachute14 May 2026US 2026/0131894 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tubular bag with shock absorber band tube for making such bag, and method for its production84US 5,205,650 A1993
- Passenger pod assembly transportation system70US 10,011,351 B2Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. · 2018
- Aircraft having a fault tolerant distributed propulsion system65US 10,232,950 B2Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. · 2019
- Precision parachute recovery system54US 6,416,019 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2002
- Autonomous payload recovery system54US 6,808,144 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2004