F42B 10/62
Steering by movement of flight surfaces
F42B10/62 (Steering by movement of flight surfaces) appears on 460 US grants and 262 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 460
- Published applications
- 262
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 673
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6 |
| 2003 | 10 | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 9 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 | 14 | 12 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9 |
| 2012 | 18 | 23 |
| 2013 | 24 | 11 |
| 2014 | 16 | 19 |
| 2015 | 17 | 10 |
| 2016 | 18 | 16 |
| 2017 | 14 | 18 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7 |
| 2019 | 16 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 17 | 14 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 |
| 2023 | 21 | 13 |
| 2024 | 22 | 11 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1 |
| 2026 | 12 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Articulated head and actuation system for a missile6 Oct 2026US 12,753,999 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Regulation of aerodynamic loads on aircraft and missiles using azimuthally-controllable, segmented aerodynamic forebody bleed actuation25 Aug 2026US 12,716,701 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Projectile and fuze with fin18 Aug 2026US 12,710,256 B2Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Fin control actuation system11 Aug 2026US 12,704,361 B2Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
- Control actuation system, devices and methods for missiles, munitions and projectiles30 Jun 2026US 12,669,316 B1Orbital Research Inc.
- Deployable flap for high-g maneuvers27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251430 A1The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
- Guided Munition and Optical Assembly with an Annular Folded Optic having an Interface with a Deployable Segment2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185804 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Regulation of Aerodynamic Loads on Aircraft and Missiles Using Azimuthally-Controllable, Segmented Aerodynamic Forebody Bleed Actuation19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078990 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Projectile delivery systems and weaponized aerial vehicles and methods including same19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048842 A1Corvid Technologies LLC
- Miniature glide projectile launched from unmanned aerial system22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022922 A1L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and methods for variable sweep body conformal wing with application to projectiles, missiles, and unmanned air vehicles115US 6,923,404 B1ZONA Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Missile having rotor ring91US 4,964,593 AMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH · 1990
- Separately banking maneuvering aerodynamic control surfaces, system and method78US 5,322,243 ANorthrop Corporation · 1994
- Guided projectile flight control fin system63US 4,565,340 AFord Aerospace & Communications Corporation · 1986
- Cover ejection and fin deployment system for a gun-launched projectile62US 6,880,780 B1General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. · 2005