B64F 1/029
Using a cable or tether
Official title: {using a cable or tether}
B64F1/029 (Using a cable or tether) appears on 139 US grants and 132 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64F- Granted patents
- 139
- Published applications
- 132
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Differential-speed target precise docking and recovery system15 Sep 2026US 12,735,197 B2Shenyang Jidong Technology Co., Ltd
- Mobile aircraft arresting system21 Jul 2026US 12,686,505 B2Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Service Corporation
- Method for connecting tether10 Feb 2026US 12,545,432 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Rotorcraft-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft into and from free flight12 Aug 2025US 12,384,559 B2Hood Technology Corporation
- Automatic drone positioning system1 Jul 2025US 12,344,397 B2Guideline Robotics GmbH
- Mobile aircraft arresting system29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028137 A1Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Service Corporation
- Differential-speed target precise docking and recovery system23 Oct 2025US 2025/0326498 A1Shenyang Jidong Technology Co., Ltd
- Method for connecting tether11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282491 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Loading systems for unmanned aerial vehicles12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187753 A1Zipline International Inc.
- System and method for rocket landing stabilization2 Jan 2025US 2025/0002173 A1Argo Rocket Marine, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft without a runway133US 6,264,140 B12001
- Aircraft capture systems125US 5,054,717 AGEC-Marconi Limited · 1991
- Robotically assisted launch/capture platform for an unmanned air vehicle124US 7,410,125 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2008
- Aircraft arresting system115US 5,042,750 ADatron AG · 1991
- Point-landing method for non vertical take off and landing flying objects110US 4,790,497 A1988