B64G 1/4024
Refuelling in space
Official title: {refuelling in space}
B64G1/4024 (Refuelling in space) appears on 107 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 107
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 266
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11 |
| 2023 | 9 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Passive fiducial markers and associated systems and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,703,516 B2Orbit Fab, Inc.
- Systems and methods for design, manufacture, and test of space thruster propulsion systems11 Aug 2026US 12,704,101 B2Agile Space Industries, Inc.
- Device as quick coupling interface for dual docking and refuelling30 Jun 2026US 12,669,204 B2Orbitaid Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
- Methods and systems for propellant reconditioning for short-duration thrusters burns9 Jun 2026US 12,650,100 B1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Apparatuses, systems, and methods for modular configurable autonomous fluid interface19 May 2026US 12,630,314 B1SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.
- Material transfer interfaces for space vehicles, and associated systems and methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225737 A1Orbit Fab, Inc.
- Refueling system for a spacecraft, and method for filling a fuel tank of a spacecraft16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200602 A1Gate Space Innovation GmbH
- Systems, devices, and methods for detecting a rigidized robotic interface during free flyer object capture9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192471 A1Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.
- Module-based automatically separable space propulsion system apparatus and design method therefor25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176000 A1Shanghai Institute of Space Propulsion
- Spacecraft docking system and method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167357 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Centrifugal space propellant storage and transfer depot81US 5,305,970 AGeneral Dynamics Corporation, Space Systems Division · 1994
- Space depot for spacecraft resupply74US 7,575,200 B2The Boeing Company · 2009
- Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with adaptors, tools, and attachment mechanisms63US 7,823,837 B2The Boeing Company · 2010
- Apparatus and methods for in-space satellite operations57US 5,806,802 A1998
- Satellite refuelling system and method47US 8,074,935 B2Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. · 2011