F42B 10/48
Range-reducing, destabilising or braking arrangements
Official title: Range-reducing, destabilising or braking arrangements, {e.g. impact-braking arrangements}; Fall-retarding means, {e.g. balloons, rockets for braking or fall-retarding}(F42B10/34 takes precedence)
F42B10/48 (Range-reducing, destabilising or braking arrangements) appears on 337 US grants and 154 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Short-range projectile5 May 2026US 12,618,651 B2Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Recovery system for high performance large bore projectiles27 Jan 2026US 12,535,308 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Submunition deployment system13 Jan 2026US 12,523,455 B2Raytheon Company
- Sub-sonic bullet casing10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266586 A1Hornady Manufacturing Company
- Limited range low terminal velocity projectile12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071858 A1Slow Shot, LLC
- Bullet Capturing Ballistic Slugs5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063403 A1Alternative Ballistics
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- Gun hardened, rotary winged, glide and descent device187US 6,347,764 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2002
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- Projectile, for example for hunting purposes, and process for its manufacture60US 4,655,140 A1987
- Metal injection molded ammunition cartridge59US 10,760,882 B1True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC · 2020
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