F41G 3/22
Aiming or laying means: for vehicle-borne armament
Official title: for vehicle-borne armament, e.g. on aircraft
F41G3/22 (Aiming or laying means: for vehicle-borne armament) appears on 274 US grants and 180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 274
- Published applications
- 180
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 573
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
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| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 |
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| 2017 | 8 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 12 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 12 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical detection system and method for detecting a hostile optical component5 May 2026US 12,618,977 B2HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH
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- Methods and apparatus for pointing logic in aircraft6 Jan 2026US 12,516,907 B2The Boeing Company
- Method, software product, device and system for determining a direction at a position6 Jan 2026US 12,518,419 B2Saab AB
- Apparatus and method for displaying shooting area of guided missile in real time16 Dec 2025US 12,498,200 B2Agency for Defense Development
- Display system, aircraft and display method for displaying a virtual point of impact on a helmet display17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276346 A1Airbus Helicopters
- Device for determining an angular deviation, vehicle, and method for determining an angular deviation19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078983 A1
- System and method for kinetic interception of an aircraft19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049795 A1Fortem Technologies, Inc.
- Scalable integrated unpowered environmental control module11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376262 A1Raytheon Company
- Remote tactical gimbal targeting system for single or multiple rocket launchers27 Nov 2025US 2025/0362114 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for quantitatively measuring the relative position and orientation of two bodies in the presence of metals utilizing direct current magnetic fields735US 4,945,305 AAscension Technology Corporation · 1990
- Eddy current error-reduced AC magnetic position measurement system549US 6,172,499 B2Ascension Technology Corporation · 2001
- Device for quantitatively measuring the relative position and orientation of two bodies in the presence of metals utilizing direct current magnetic fields483US 4,849,692 AAscension Technology Corporation · 1989
- Six-degree of freedom tracking system having a passive transponder on the object being tracked465US 6,380,732 B1Super Dimension Ltd. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for determining remote object orientation and position407US 4,737,794 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1988