F41G 7/2213
Maintaining the axis of an orientable seeking head pointed at the target
Official title: {maintaining the axis of an orientable seeking head pointed at the target, e.g. target seeking gyro}
F41G7/2213 (Maintaining the axis of an orientable seeking head pointed at the target) appears on 226 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 226
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 387
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Target tracking apparatus and associated systems methods30 Jun 2026US 12,669,308 B2The Boeing Company
- Imaging systems for moving platforms2 Jun 2026US 12,644,673 B2Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
- Dual-mode roll/nod gimballed seeker for a forming warhead2 Sep 2025US 12,405,088 B2Raytheon Company
- Optical sensor with dual-axis gimballed transmitter and staring detector8 Apr 2025US 12,270,946 B2Raytheon Company
- Omnidirectional optronic system having two rotation axes4 Mar 2025US 12,241,724 B2Thales
- Sensor system for a high precision gimbal indicator30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219075 A1Raytheon Company
- Dual-mode roll/nod gimballed seeker for a forming warhead12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189272 A1Raytheon Company
- Target tracking apparatus and associated systems methods17 Apr 2025US 2025/0123077 A1The Boeing Company
- Optical sensor with dual-axis gimballed transmitter and staring detector5 Dec 2024US 2024/0402303 A1Raytheon Company
- Imaging systems for moving platforms10 Oct 2024US 2024/0337465 A1Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tri-mode seeker246US 6,606,066 B1Northrop Grumman Corporation · 2003
- Bi-axial supporting arrangement which can withstand high acceleration forces226US 4,558,325 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1985
- Millimeter wave and infrared sensor in a common receiving aperture205US 5,214,438 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1993
- System for robotic control of imaging data having a steerable gimbal mounted spectral sensor and methods123US 6,422,508 B1Galileo Group, Inc. · 2002
- Optical system with two-stage aberration correction89US 6,091,548 ARaytheon Company · 2000