B64D 37/02
Tanks
Official title: Tanks (tanks constructed integrally with aircraft wings B64C3/34)
B64D37/02 (Tanks) appears on 848 US grants and 989 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 848
- Published applications
- 989
- Assignees
- 273
- Inventors
- 1,831
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 16 |
| 2011 | 10 | 24 |
| 2012 | 13 | 22 |
| 2013 | 13 | 25 |
| 2014 | 24 | 24 |
| 2015 | 25 | 49 |
| 2016 | 37 | 62 |
| 2017 | 44 | 58 |
| 2018 | 45 | 70 |
| 2019 | 66 | 66 |
| 2020 | 64 | 66 |
| 2021 | 45 | 53 |
| 2022 | 48 | 68 |
| 2023 | 63 | 98 |
| 2024 | 70 | 85 |
| 2025 | 88 | 78 |
| 2026 | 51 | 72 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Airframe-integrated water injection storage system and methods of using29 Sep 2026US 12,747,692 B1Rtx Corporation
- Fueling schedule29 Sep 2026US 12,747,707 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Hydrogen storage tank for hydrogen aircraft22 Sep 2026US 12,742,518 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fuselage frame15 Sep 2026US 12,735,169 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Tank wall liner, tank and aircraft employing said tank wall liner and associated manufacturing methods15 Sep 2026US 12,735,192 B2Airbus Operations GmbH
- Wall element, especially for a safe chamber, as well as a safe chamber, an aircraft component and an aircraft equipped therewith8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307817 A1
- Blended wing body tanker and method of use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296644 A1JetZero, Inc.
- Hydrogen tank of or for an aircraft, method for producing such hydrogen tank, and fuselage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296667 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Dihydrogen tank system for an aircraft having a turbine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302976 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Hydrogen Powered Vertical Take-Off And Landing Aircraft24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285514 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transformable gun launched aero vehicle92US 6,260,797 B1Science Applications International Corporation · 2001
- Cryogenic tank and aircraft structural interface74US 3,979,005 AThe Boeing Company · 1976
- Flame arresting and explosion attenuating system74US 4,013,190 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1977
- Independent power generation in aircraft68US 8,657,227 B1The Boeing Company · 2014
- Fuel supply system66US 5,660,358 ADaimler-Benz Aerospace AG · 1997