B64D 17/343
By reefing means
Official title: {by reefing means}
B64D17/343 (By reefing means) appears on 61 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 61
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 69
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2020 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Device and method for delaying the opening of a parachute and a parachute system5 Aug 2025US 12,377,991 B2Paratec North America, Inc.
- Parachute assemblies with multi-stage reefing29 Apr 2025US 12,286,233 B2Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Parachute with inflation control and load distributing slider loops18 Mar 2025US 12,252,257 B2Cirrus Design Corporation
- Electronic drogue reefing release system5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035079 A1Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Parachute with inflation control and load distributing slider loops5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178737 A1Cirrus Design Corporation d/b/a Cirrus Aircraft
- Parachute with segmented sliders27 Feb 2025US 2025/0066026 A1Safran Electronics & Defense
- Dynamic parachute reefing system for aircraft module11 Jul 2024US 2024/0228047 A1
- Device and Method for Delaying the Opening of a Parachute and a Parachute System14 Mar 2024US 2024/0083586 A1Paratec North America, Inc.
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- Autonomous payload recovery system54US 6,808,144 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2004
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- Riser release flaring system for parafoils25US 9,868,537 B2World View Enterprises Inc. · 2018
- Large parachute with means to positively expand and circularize the inlet area to facilitate deployment thereof22US 5,205,517 APioneer Aerospace Corporation · 1993
- Device to control inflation characteristics of parachutes22US 5,890,678 AButler Aerospace Technologies, Inc. · 1999