F17C 2270/0194
For use under microgravity conditions
Official title: for use under microgravity conditions, e.g. space
F17C2270/0194 (For use under microgravity conditions) appears on 149 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17C- Granted patents
- 149
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 312
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 |
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| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for tank wall thermal insulation8 Sep 2026US 12,729,815 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Gas storage accumulators for spacecraft26 May 2026US 12,637,237 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
- Sliding vessel mount21 Apr 2026US 12,607,306 B2Hexagon Purus Germany Holding GmbH
- Wrapping made of fibre composite plastic for a space travel vessel jacket16 Dec 2025US 12,498,086 B2
- Heat exchanging channel forming an internal cavity that stores cryogenic material25 Nov 2025US 12,480,714 B2Plug Power Inc.
- Cryostat for a space component3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258911 A1Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
- Method for manufacturing a tank made of composite material30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116023 A1
- Earth to orbit transportation system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116582 A1Radian Aerospace, Inc.
- Transfer Line Chilldown Heat Transfer of Cryogenic Propellant in Microgravity using Low-thermally Conductive Coating and Pulse Flow for Space Exploration12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043379 A1
- Spacecraft propellant tank and its application method22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021909 A1Steamjet Space Systems, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vapor cooled shielding liner for cryogenic storage in composite pressure vessels124US 10,422,478 B2Washington State University · 2019
- Centrifugal space propellant storage and transfer depot81US 5,305,970 AGeneral Dynamics Corporation, Space Systems Division · 1994
- High performance, thin metal lined, composite overwrapped pressure vessel64US 5,822,838 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1998
- Pressurised storage for gases54US 5,323,953 ARolls-Royce and Associated Ltd. · 1994
- Passive low gravity cryogenic storage vessel50US 5,901,557 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1999