F41H 5/007
Reactive armour
Official title: Reactive armour; Dynamic armour
F41H5/007 (Reactive armour) appears on 266 US grants and 248 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41H- Granted patents
- 266
- Published applications
- 248
- Assignees
- 148
- Inventors
- 523
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 6 | 13 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 7 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010 | 8 | 11 |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 |
| 2012 | 11 | 34 |
| 2013 | 19 | 21 |
| 2014 | 19 | 16 |
| 2015 | 24 | 18 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 8 |
| 2020 | 12 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Personal ballistic shield with trauma protection25 Aug 2026US 12,716,691 B2Maja LLC
- Explosively formed active water barrier RPG protection system and method for maritime vessels12 May 2026US 12,624,928 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Interceptor10 Feb 2026US 12,546,574 B2
- Vehicle armor materials and systems3 Feb 2026US 12,540,798 B2Genesis Intelligence, LLC
- Explosive-actuated personal armor with integrated multimodal sensor system and deployable protective hood for deflecting projectiles and protecting the wearer27 Jan 2026US 12,535,299 B2
- Interceptor4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153314 A1
- Anti-Ballistic Room Protection Devices & Methods7 May 2026US 2026/0126275 A1Disruptive Resources, LLC
- Personal ballistic shield with trauma protection30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118093 A1Maja LLC
- Energy distributing suspicion of impact plate26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085912 A1Thin Gold Line, Inc.
- Rapidly expandable anti-drone mesh system and method25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389520 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reactive personnel protection system117US 6,029,558 ASouthwest Research Institute · 2000
- System and method for protecting vehicle occupants73US 7,908,959 B22011
- System for protecting a target from missiles68US 5,661,254 ADiehl GmbH & Co. · 1997
- Multi-warhead, anti-armor missile67US 4,638,737 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1987
- Ordnance firing system52US 6,584,907 B2Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company · 2003