F41G 3/04
Aiming or laying means: for dispersing fire from a battery
Official title: for dispersing fire from a battery {; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons}
F41G3/04 (Aiming or laying means: for dispersing fire from a battery) appears on 186 US grants and 169 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 186
- Published applications
- 169
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 351
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Weapon usage monitoring system having real-time performance metrics feedback based on discharge event detection29 Sep 2026US 12,747,922 B2Armaments Research Company, Inc.
- Weapon usage monitoring system having a signal processing module that determines a discharge event21 Jul 2026US 12,687,357 B2Armaments Research Company, Inc.
- Machine to machine targeting maintaining positive identification14 Jul 2026US 12,681,474 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Automatic weapon subsystem selecting target, ID target, fire19 May 2026US 12,631,428 B2Advanced Weapons Systems, Inc.
- Weapon usage monitoring system having predictive maintenance and performance metrics12 May 2026US 12,624,914 B2Armaments Research Company, Inc.
- Machine to Machine Targeting Maintaining Positive Identification1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299620 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Adaptive shot patterns21 May 2026US 2026/0139926 A1Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Method and system for target designation and autonomous launch control using a secure electronic network26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085911 A1
- Correcting targeting of indirect fire6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341384 A1Trajectal Ltd.
- Geodetic Deconfliction Technique9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314457 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Guided fire control system151US 5,822,713 AContraves USA · 1998
- Method for aiming towed field artillery pieces123US 5,280,744 AAlliedSignal Inc. · 1994
- Aiming and pointing system for ground based weapons equipment117US 5,481,957 AAlliedSignal Inc. · 1996
- Method for automatic weapon allocation and scheduling against attacking threats78US 6,497,169 B1Raytheon Company · 2002
- Laser anti-missle defense system75US 5,198,607 ATRW Inc. · 1993