F41G 5/00
Elevating or traversing control systems for guns
Official title: Elevating or traversing control systems for guns ({means for inhibiting firing in a specified direction F41A17/08}; gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages, F41A27/00; computers G06)
F41G5/00 (Elevating or traversing control systems for guns) appears on 316 US grants and 217 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 316
- Published applications
- 217
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 575
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2023 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F41G 5/14Elevating or traversing control systems for guns: for vehicle-borne guns158
- F41G 5/06Elevating or traversing control systems for guns: using electric means for remote83
- F41G 5/08Ground-based tracking-systems for aerial targets78
- F41G 5/26Apparatus for testing or checking19
- F41G 5/02Elevating or traversing control systems for guns: using only mechanical means for9
- F41G 5/12Acoustically influenced3
- F41G 5/04Elevating or traversing control systems for guns: using hydraulic means for remote2
Recent patents
- Automatic weapon subsystem selecting target, ID target, fire19 May 2026US 12,631,428 B2Advanced Weapons Systems, Inc.
- Method, fire control system and combat system for simultaneous detonation of projectiles12 May 2026US 12,624,924 B2Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Weapon system control handle gauge shaft17 Mar 2026US 12,578,170 B2Elbit Systems of America, LLC
- Dual trigger weapon control system with integrated manual and assisted targeting3 Mar 2026US 12,566,047 B2Flex Force Enterprises Inc.
- Target tracking device, target tracking method, and recording medium for storing target tracking program3 Mar 2026US 12,568,310 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Interactive Weapon Targeting System Displaying Remote Sensed Image of Target Area16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202174 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Adaptive shot patterns21 May 2026US 2026/0139926 A1Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Time-multiplexed multi-functional coherent optical transceiver30 Apr 2026US 2026/0121752 A1Raytheon Company
- Device for determining an angular deviation, vehicle, and method for determining an angular deviation19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078983 A1
- Novel Personal Rifle Robotic Station12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070227 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Weapon aiming system183US 5,686,690 AComputing Devices Canada Ltd. · 1997
- Automatic correction of aiming in firing at moving targets128US 4,402,250 AHollandse Signaalapparaten B. V. · 1983
- Self-aligning pitch and azimuth reference unit121US 4,166,406 ALitton Systems, Inc. · 1979
- Weapon aiming system94US 5,456,157 AComputing Devices Canada Ltd. · 1995
- Portable telepresent aiming system81US 6,237,462 B1Tactical Telepresent Technolgies, Inc. · 2001