B64D 27/353
Using solar cells
Official title: using solar cells
B64D27/353 (Using solar cells) appears on 94 US grants and 129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 94
- Published applications
- 129
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 219
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 12 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10 |
| 2018 | 2 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12 |
| 2023 | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Wireless power passenger seat6 Jan 2026US 12,515,799 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
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- Systems and methods for electric-powered flight vehicles27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249984 A1
- Restraint tool, battery system, and flying body18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171577 A1SoftBank Corp.
- Solar Towed Aerial Platforms26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054828 A1The Suppes Family Trust
- Systems and methods for point to-point wireless power transmission for beam riding, power and data distribution sharing, wirelessly powered mobile systems20 Nov 2025US 2025/0357795 A1
- Power generation system and flight vehicle11 Sep 2025US 2025/0286399 A1SoftBank Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for supporting an airborne vehicle in space129US 5,074,489 A1991
- High altitude, long duration surveillance system78US 5,518,205 ARockwell International Corporation · 1996
- Hybrid winged airship (dynastat)51US 6,581,873 B22003
- Cyclical thermal management system50US 6,119,979 ASky Station International, Inc. · 2000
- Delta-winged hybrid airship47US 7,093,789 B2The Boeing Company · 2006