F41F 5/00
Launching-apparatus for gravity-propelled missiles or projectiles
Official title: Launching-apparatus for gravity-propelled missiles or projectiles (from aircraft B64D1/04)
F41F5/00 (Launching-apparatus for gravity-propelled missiles or projectiles) appears on 49 US grants and 47 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41F- Granted patents
- 49
- Published applications
- 47
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 92
- Latest grant
- 5 Aug 2025
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Casing of an aircraft5 Aug 2025US 12,378,005 B2Technology for Propulsion and Innovation S.P.A.
- Ammunition support system10 Jun 2025US 12,325,520 B2
- Projectile delivery systems and weaponized aerial vehicles and methods including same30 Jul 2024US 12,049,316 B2Corvid Technologies LLC
- Test system for throwing mechanisms28 May 2024US 11,994,371 B2Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi
- System for ejection of countermeasure boxes5 Mar 2024US 11,920,900 B2Saab AB
- Mine storage and launching system21 May 2026US 2026/0139925 A1Sh Group A/S
- Load balancing aerial munitions delivery system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008537 A1
- An ammunition support system28 Nov 2024US 2024/0391587 A1Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi
- Munition launcher for aircraft and ammunition tray for a munition launcher18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239526 A1Condor S.A. Industria Quimica
- Projectile delivery systems and weaponized aerial vehicles and methods including same14 Mar 2024US 2024/0083579 A1Corvid Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple buoy launcher24US 4,164,887 ARaytheon Company · 1979
- Weapon interface system and delivery platform employing the same18US 8,117,955 B2Lone Star IP Holdings, LP · 2012
- Covert aerial encapsulated munition ejection system15US 6,347,567 B12002
- Process and system for storing and releasing a cylindrical object from a vehicle11US 4,474,101 A1984
- Apparatus and method for dispensing incendiary projectiles9US 8,776,693 B2Donmark Holdings Inc. · 2014