F41A 1/08
Recoilless guns, i.e. guns having propulsion means producing no recoil
F41A1/08 (Recoilless guns, i.e. guns having propulsion means producing no recoil) appears on 113 US grants and 59 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 113
- Published applications
- 59
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 11 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cartridges for recoil management of shoulder fired weapons11 Nov 2025US 12,467,703 B2Raytheon Company
- Helical electromagnetic counter recoil mechanism16 Sep 2025US 12,416,463 B1Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Recoil elimination22 Apr 2025US 12,280,871 B2Tonner Drones
- Helical electromagnetic counter recoil mechanism14 Jan 2025US 12,196,507 B1Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Airborne weapon system29 Oct 2024US 12,130,102 B1
- Advanced 360-degree surface projectile launch helmet system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243546 A1
- Cartridges for Recoil Management of Shoulder Fired Weapons7 Nov 2024US 2024/0369332 A1Raytheon Company
- Launching device and method for assembling projectiles in a launching device11 May 2023US 2023/0147155 A1Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Hovering firearm system for drones and methods of use thereof24 Nov 2022US 2022/0373277 A1Next Sniper Ltd.
- Recoilless automatic firearm18 Aug 2022US 2022/0260329 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fast acting active protection system52US 7,202,809 B1BAE Systems Land & Armaments L. P. · 2007
- Recoil reduction apparatus and method for weapon43US 8,418,389 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2013
- Recoilless and gas-free projectile propulsion41US 5,952,601 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1999
- System for aiming projectiles at close range30US 3,974,740 AThomson-CSF · 1976
- Expellable reaction mass for recoilless projectile launchers30US 4,132,148 AMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH · 1979