F41F 7/00
Launching-apparatus for projecting missiles or projectiles otherwise than from barrels
Official title: Launching-apparatus for projecting missiles or projectiles otherwise than from barrels, {e.g. using spigots}(F41F3/04 takes precedence; {centrifugal sling apparatus F41B3/04})
F41F7/00 (Launching-apparatus for projecting missiles or projectiles otherwise than from barrels) appears on 73 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41F- Granted patents
- 73
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 40
- Inventors
- 155
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems15 Sep 2026US 12,736,296 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Flying disc(s) with handle10 Mar 2026US 12,569,778 B2
- Device for launching a drone using spring thrust, method for launching drones using this device, and tool for implementing this method2 Sep 2025US 12,404,050 B2Knds France
- Device for pneumatic launching of a drone2 Sep 2025US 12,404,051 B2Knds France
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems29 Apr 2025US 12,287,166 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Load balancing aerial munitions delivery system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008537 A1
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277641 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Device for pneumatic launching of a drone19 Jun 2025US 2025/0197039 A1Knds France
- Device for launching a drone using spring thrust, method for launching drones using this device, and tool for implementing this method22 May 2025US 2025/0162738 A1Knds France
- Flying Disc(s) with Handle26 Dec 2024US 2024/0424421 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of launching a catapult, catapult, and locking device61US 7,562,843 B2Robonic Ltd Oy · 2009
- Launching apparatus and assembly32US 7,748,369 B22010
- Toy for flinging missile or other projectile19US 8,939,136 B22015
- Apparatus and method for launching incendiary projectiles18US 8,316,750 B2Donmark Holdings Inc. · 2012
- Projector assembly for a defensive projecting device15US 5,269,214 ABuck Werke GmbH & Co. · 1993