F02K 9/88
Using auxiliary rocket nozzles
Official title: using auxiliary rocket nozzles
F02K9/88 (Using auxiliary rocket nozzles) appears on 47 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02K- Granted patents
- 47
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple pintle nozzle propulsion control system70US 5,456,425 AAerojet-General Corporation · 1995
- Projectile guidance42US 3,977,629 ASociete Europeene de Propulsion · 1976
- Control device using gas jets for a guided missile39US 4,482,107 AThomson-Brandt · 1984
- Fluidic thruster control and method33US 4,413,795 AThe Garrett Corporation · 1983
- Hybrid rocket propulsion system including array of hybrid or fluid attitude-control rocket engines31US 6,393,830 B1Alliant Techsystems Inc. · 2002