B64D 17/34
Adapted to control direction or rate of descent
Official title: adapted to control direction or rate of descent
B64D17/34 (Adapted to control direction or rate of descent) appears on 118 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 89
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 189
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intelligent ballistic parachute system that performs pre-activation and/or post-activation actions14 Jul 2026US RE50,950 E1Cirrus Design Corporation
- Parachute with segmented sliders24 Feb 2026US 12,559,241 B2Safran Electronics & Defense
- Steerable parachute for guiding a payload to a target21 Oct 2025US 12,448,130 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Device and method for delaying the opening of a parachute and a parachute system5 Aug 2025US 12,377,991 B2Paratec North America, Inc.
- Off-center parachute flight termination system including latch mechanism disconnectable by burn wire24 Jun 2025US 12,338,014 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Aerial delivery vehicle25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175974 A1Freedom Flight Works, Inc.
- Parachute with Improved Gliding Features21 May 2026US 2026/0138747 A1Alluvionic, Inc.
- Electronic drogue reefing release system5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035079 A1Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Steerable parachute for guiding a payload to a target23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326490 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Off-Center Parachute Flight Termination System Including Latch Mechanism Disconnectable by Burn Wire14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256869 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Airwing structure53US 6,364,251 B12002
- Steerable parachute control system and method51US 6,889,942 B2Atair Aerospace, Inc. · 2005
- Aircraft with freewheeling engine41US 8,720,814 B22014