F42B 1/00
Explosive charges characterised by form or shape but not dependent on shape
Official title: Explosive charges characterised by form or shape but not dependent on shape of container
F42B1/00 (Explosive charges characterised by form or shape but not dependent on shape) appears on 628 US grants and 446 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 628
- Published applications
- 446
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 923
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 24 | 11 |
| 2024 | 18 | 19 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 |
| 2026 | 13 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Insensitive high explosive based tubing cutter1 Sep 2026US 12,723,479 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- Linear shaped charge electro-explosive (LSCe) device with a backside boosted initiation18 Aug 2026US 12,710,255 B1Raytheon Company
- Emergency rescue shaped charge cutting device with life detection function28 Jul 2026US 12,693,104 B2Jianghan University
- Integrated additive manufacture (AM) of explosive payloads7 Jul 2026US 12,674,650 B1Raytheon Company
- Propellant charge and cannon shell therewith16 Jun 2026US 12,656,090 B2
- Propellant charge and cannon shell therewith17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276353 A1
- Modular shaped charge having selectable charge outputs10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266585 A1Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Linear shaped charge electro-explosive (lsce) device with a backside boosted initiation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243550 A1Raytheon Company
- Overmolded shaped charge and methods of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235018 A1Defiant Precision Technologies, LLC
- Low standoff shaped charge30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219012 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shaped-charge with simultaneous multi-point initiation of explosives120US 5,479,860 AWestern Atlas International, Inc. · 1996
- Electrically activated, metal-fueled explosive device108US 5,859,383 A1999
- Adapter for shaped charge casing107US 7,752,971 B2Baker Hughes Incorporated · 2010
- Apparatus for electromechanically connecting a plurality of guns for well perforation80US 10,352,136 B22019
- Metal shaped charge liner with isotropic coating77US 4,766,813 AOlin Corporation · 1988