F41F 3/077
Doors or covers for launching tubes
F41F3/077 (Doors or covers for launching tubes) appears on 71 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41F- Granted patents
- 71
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 150
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Aircraft weapons pod including rail launcher11 Aug 2026US 12,704,352 B2The Boeing Company
- Aircraft weapons pod including rail launcher5 May 2026US 12,618,644 B2The Boeing Company
- Vacuum insulated vertical launch system (VLS)24 Feb 2026US 12,560,406 B2Raytheon Company
- Stabilized end cap for common launch tube3 Feb 2026US 12,540,792 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Energetic material container having a heavy inert gas insulating layer16 Dec 2025US 12,498,198 B2Raytheon Company
- Vacuum insulated vertical launch system (vls)16 Oct 2025US 2025/0321079 A1Raytheon Company
- Energetic material container having a heavy inert gas insulating layer9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314455 A1Raytheon Company
- An opening system for containers that are under pressure25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296748 A1Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
- Aircraft weapons pod including rail launcher20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093129 A1The Boeing Company
- Stabilized End Cap for Common Launch Tube10 Oct 2024US 2024/0337463 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
Most cited
By later US patents
- Frangible fly through diaphragm for missile launch canister31US 4,498,368 AThe United States of America as representedby the Secretary of the Navy · 1985
- Launch tube closure26US 4,301,708 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1981
- Rocket exhaust deflector24US 4,934,241 AGeneral Dynamics, Pomona Division · 1990
- Missile launching and orientation system24US 5,823,469 AThomson-CSF · 1998
- Launching of missiles23US 7,207,254 B2Mbda UK Limited · 2007