B64F 1/04
Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations: for launching aircraft
Official title: for launching aircraft
B64F1/04 (Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations: for launching aircraft) appears on 224 US grants and 212 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64F- Granted patents
- 224
- Published applications
- 212
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 381
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2022 | 7 | 18 |
| 2023 | 23 | 11 |
| 2024 | 15 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automatic umbilical connector separating mechanism allowing separating in the same direction as the motion of a flying object29 Sep 2026US 12,747,034 B2Viettel Group
- System for detachably coupling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a launch tube15 Sep 2026US 12,735,204 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube11 Aug 2026US 12,703,521 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube17 Feb 2026US 12,552,561 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Supply system for a vehicle connected to a platform3 Feb 2026US 12,539,965 B2AGCO International GmbH
- Flight vehicle carrier, flight vehicle carrying system, container, and flight vehicle carrying method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233771 A1Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- System and method for autonomous lift and descension assist for electronic vertical take off and landing (evtol) vehicles6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225730 A1Rush Group Limited, L.L.C.
- Vehicle comprising a linear motor launch system powered by a supercapacitor energy accumulator25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176006 A1Dae
- Earth to orbit transportation system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116582 A1Radian Aerospace, Inc.
- Assist system and method for aircraft ground operation19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077856 A1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube184US 8,505,430 B2AeroVironment, Inc. · 2013
- Unmanned airborne reconnaissance system127US 7,210,654 B1Mission Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Retrieving and/or launching system119US 4,523,729 ABritish Aerospace Public Limited Company · 1985
- Launching apparatus for flying device118US 4,079,901 AAll American Industries, Inc. · 1978
- Ordnance delivery system and method including remotely piloted or programmable aircraft with yaw-to-turn guidance system114US 4,730,793 AE-Systems, Inc. · 1988