F17C 13/008
Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels: for
Official title: {for use under microgravity conditions}
F17C13/008 (Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels: for) appears on 64 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 147
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Isolable double-walled insulation tank for launch vehicle16 Jun 2026US 12,655,940 B2Innospace Co., Ltd.
- Liquid tank, rocket, and method of manufacturing liquid tank5 May 2026US 12,618,523 B2IHI Corporation
- Diaphragm for a fluid storage tank17 Mar 2026US 12,576,994 B2Cam Lock Limited
- Heat exchange system with tubing applied to a complex curved surface16 Sep 2025US 12,416,450 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Load coupling attachment systems and methods4 Feb 2025US 12,214,911 B2The Boeing Compnay
- Reusable Launch Vehicle with Auxiliary Propellant Tanks for Non-Ascent Burns2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184441 A1Blue Origin, LLC
- Reusable Launch Vehicle with Auxiliary Propellant Tanks for Non-Ascent Burns2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184442 A1Blue Origin, LLC
- Heat exchange system with tubing applied to a complex curved surface25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389487 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Method and system for directing liquids in a low-gravity tank11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282498 A1
- Tank for use in microgravity10 Jul 2025US 2025/0222497 A1Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid management apparatus for spacecraft51US 5,279,323 ALockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc. · 1994
- Passive low gravity cryogenic storage vessel50US 5,901,557 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1999
- Tank gauging apparatus and method43US 4,956,996 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1990
- Tank gauging apparatus and method40US 4,984,457 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1991
- All position cryogenic liquefied-gas container38US 5,357,758 A1994