B64D 17/72
By explosive or inflatable means
Official title: by explosive or inflatable means
B64D17/72 (By explosive or inflatable means) appears on 111 US grants and 99 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 99
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 160
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 9 | 7 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 | 16 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 13 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ejection apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,715,590 B2Parazero Technologies Ltd
- High altitude parafoils11 Aug 2026US 12,703,492 B2World View Enterprises Inc.
- Automated aircraft recovery system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,683 B2Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Intelligent ballistic parachute system that performs pre-activation and/or post-activation actions14 Jul 2026US RE50,950 E1Cirrus Design Corporation
- Safety device and flight vehicle provided with safety device7 Jul 2026US 12,673,778 B2Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Safety device and flight vehicle provided with safety device25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296686 A1Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inflatable motorcycle outfit26 Jun 2025US 2025/0204621 A1Airbag Inside Sweden AB
- Ejection apparatus12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187737 A1Parazero Technologies Ltd
- Controlling manned vtol aerial vehicles15 May 2025US 2025/0157340 A1Alauda Aeronautics Pty Ltd
- Automated aircraft recovery system8 May 2025US 2025/0147507 A1Kitty Hawk Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Propulsive wing with inflatable armature50US 4,708,078 A1987
- Inflatable parachute for use as escape or sporting device48US 4,105,173 A1978
- Light aircraft with inflatable parachute wing propelled by a ducted propeller45US 5,620,153 A1997
- Emergency low altitude parachute wherein canopy is deployed and inflated prior to use34US 6,705,572 B12004
- Device for accelerating the opening and/or extension of aviation devices, such as canopy parachutes, square or sliding parachutes, gliders (hang-gliders) and others33US 5,028,018 A1991