F41H 5/00
Armour
Official title: Armour; Armour plates (processes for manufacturing or treating B21, C21, {heat treatment C21D9/42; wall or panel structure for safes E05G1/024})
F41H5/00 (Armour) appears on 3,105 US grants and 3,253 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41H- Granted patents
- 3,105
- Published applications
- 3,253
- Assignees
- 1,384
- Inventors
- 5,432
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | 32 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 25 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 37 | 0 |
| 1995 | 39 | 0 |
| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1997 | 32 | 0 |
| 1998 | 47 | 0 |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 |
| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 38 | 9 |
| 2002 | 29 | 22 |
| 2003 | 48 | 64 |
| 2004 | 40 | 69 |
| 2005 | 49 | 53 |
| 2006 | 49 | 82 |
| 2007 | 42 | 107 |
| 2008 | 43 | 110 |
| 2009 | 52 | 124 |
| 2010 | 91 | 178 |
| 2011 | 135 | 219 |
| 2012 | 145 | 294 |
| 2013 | 158 | 149 |
| 2014 | 148 | 225 |
| 2015 | 182 | 177 |
| 2016 | 135 | 172 |
| 2017 | 123 | 160 |
| 2018 | 121 | 141 |
| 2019 | 133 | 145 |
| 2020 | 134 | 148 |
| 2021 | 108 | 130 |
| 2022 | 114 | 113 |
| 2023 | 107 | 110 |
| 2024 | 96 | 108 |
| 2025 | 100 | 80 |
| 2026 | 70 | 64 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ballistic shirt system6 Oct 2026US 12,753,996 B1
- Utilizing a weapons port which uses a single penetration6 Oct 2026US 12,753,997 B2Howe & Howe Inc.
- Rapid deployment security fence22 Sep 2026US 12,742,614 B2
- Method of forming a bullet resistant security fence15 Sep 2026US 12,736,310 B2
- Reformable epoxy resin for composites and methods thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,728,623 B2Zephyros, Inc.
- Ballistic shirt system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309465 A1
- Baffle system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309466 A1Action Target Inc.
- Titanium-based laminate structures fabricated using blended elemental powder metallurgy and hot isostatic pressing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309467 A1
- Ballistic shield8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309468 A1Blue Ridge Armor LLC
- Compact rifle protection ballistic shield8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309469 A1Verco Materials, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Frag shield528US 7,629,277 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2009
- Military vehicle259US 9,045,014 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2015
- Military vehicle211US 9,656,640 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2017
- Porous polymeric membrane toughened composites189US 6,737,158 B1Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc. · 2004
- Ballistic-resistant composite article181US 4,623,574 AAllied Corporation · 1986