B64U 30/12
Variable or detachable wings
Official title: Variable or detachable wings, e.g. wings with adjustable sweep
B64U30/12 (Variable or detachable wings) appears on 543 US grants and 621 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64U- Granted patents
- 543
- Published applications
- 621
- Assignees
- 247
- Inventors
- 937
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 1 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 11 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 |
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| 2006 | 9 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 |
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| 2009 | 3 | 15 |
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| 2017 | 34 | 46 |
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| 2019 | 39 | 49 |
| 2020 | 41 | 58 |
| 2021 | 41 | 45 |
| 2022 | 39 | 47 |
| 2023 | 51 | 42 |
| 2024 | 45 | 36 |
| 2025 | 50 | 31 |
| 2026 | 23 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aeronautical vehicle and method of transitioning between flight modes for an aeronautical vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,736 B2Technische Universiteit Delft
- System for detachably coupling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a launch tube15 Sep 2026US 12,735,204 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Flight module25 Aug 2026US 12,715,630 B2Innotec Lightweight Engineering & Polymer Technology GmbH
- Folded wing multi rotor11 Aug 2026US 12,703,477 B2Colugo Systems Ltd.
- Deployable wings for an aircraft11 Aug 2026US 12,703,478 B2Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Articulated ring wing evtol structure with distributed propulsion and advanced dynamic payload stabilization system and integrated energy regeneration and safety systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307829 A1Aerial MECHANICA Inc.
- System for controlling wing sweep angle and unmanned aerial vehicle including the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296690 A1Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.
- Aerial vehicle with deployable components17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274396 A1Anduril Industries, Inc.
- Drone systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274409 A1Duplicent, LLC
- Aerial vehicles and related methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257814 A1LeVanta Maritime I Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sonotube compatible unmanned aerial vehicle and system413US 6,056,237 A2000
- Unmanned aerial vehicle with counter-rotating ducted rotors and shrouded pusher-prop244US 6,270,038 B1Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation · 2001
- 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
- Unmanned craft126US 4,410,151 AVereinigte Flugtechnische Werke-Fokker GmbH · 1983