B64G 1/646
Docking or rendezvous systems
Official title: {Docking or rendezvous systems (refuelling in space B64G1/4024)}
B64G1/646 (Docking or rendezvous systems) appears on 439 US grants and 426 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 439
- Published applications
- 426
- Assignees
- 201
- Inventors
- 923
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 8 | 9 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10 |
| 2009 | 13 | 15 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9 |
| 2011 | 10 | 15 |
| 2012 | 15 | 10 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 11 | 17 |
| 2016 | 12 | 15 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 |
| 2018 | 11 | 20 |
| 2019 | 13 | 23 |
| 2020 | 20 | 19 |
| 2021 | 23 | 34 |
| 2022 | 24 | 33 |
| 2023 | 31 | 32 |
| 2024 | 31 | 34 |
| 2025 | 41 | 45 |
| 2026 | 32 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Repeating ground track orbits for a reusable launch vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,760 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Docking structure15 Sep 2026US 12,734,713 B2Astroscale Ltd
- Spacecraft that provides operating resources for externally docked modules1 Sep 2026US 12,722,809 B2Rogue Space Systems Corporation
- Magnetically coupled conductive thermal interface1 Sep 2026US 12,722,810 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- System and method suitable for controlling operations of a spacecraft based on an isoperimetric reformulation of constraints25 Aug 2026US 12,715,619 B2Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
- On-orbit docking and coupling device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274451 A1Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- System and method for identifying and distinguishing spacecraft appendages from the spacecraft body30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217390 A1Falcon Exodynamics, Inc.
- Low earth orbit with electric propulsion16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200603 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Systems, devices, and methods for detecting a rigidized robotic interface during free flyer object capture9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192471 A1Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.
- Capturing system and capturing method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174477 A1Astroscale Japan Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for and method of recognizing and tracking target mark133US 5,521,843 AFujitsu Limited · 1996
- Dead reckoning optoelectronic intelligent docking system124US 4,834,531 AEnergy Optics, Inc. · 1989
- System for and method of recognizating and tracking target mark120US 5,617,335 AFujitsu Limited · 1997
- Method for extending the useful life of a space satellite113US 5,511,748 A1996
- Automatic compliant capture and docking mechanism for spacecraft85US 5,364,046 AEnvironmental Research Institute of Michigan · 1994