F41F 3/0406
Rail launchers
Official title: {Rail launchers}
F41F3/0406 (Rail launchers) appears on 47 US grants and 28 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41F- Granted patents
- 47
- Published applications
- 28
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 98
- Latest grant
- 27 Feb 2024
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Launch rail transport system27 Feb 2024US 11,913,753 B2Raytheon Company
- Launch tube and method of launching flying object1 Feb 2022US 11,236,969 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Rail-launching munition release12 Oct 2021US 11,143,489 B2Raytheon Company
- Systems and methods for improving efficiency of electroantimagnetic launchers2 Jun 2020US 10,669,046 B28 Rivers Capital, LLC
- Arrangement in catapult24 Mar 2020US 10,597,170 B2Robonic Ltd Oy
- Liquid fueled extending effector26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055747 A1Raytheon Company
- Launch rail transport system24 Nov 2022US 2022/0373295 A1Raytheon Company
- Aircraft safety apparatus28 Jan 2021US 2021/0024222 A1
- Munitions interface adapter10 Dec 2020US 2020/0386515 A1Cantine Armament, Inc.
- Rail-launching munition release25 Jun 2020US 2020/0200506 A1Raytheon Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of launching a catapult, catapult, and locking device61US 7,562,843 B2Robonic Ltd Oy · 2009
- Aircraft missile launcher snubber apparatus41US 4,750,404 AVaro, Inc. · 1988
- Method and system for aircraft weapon station testing27US 5,614,896 AHughes Missile Systems Company · 1997
- Device for carrying and releasing a load such as a missile25US 4,870,885 AR. Alkan & Cie · 1989
- Wedge clamp for missile launcher18US 4,155,286 A1979