F42B 10/66
Steering by varying intensity or direction of thrust
Official title: Steering by varying intensity or direction of thrust (thrust vector control of rocket engine plants F02K9/80 {; guiding or controlling apparatus using jets adapted for cosmonautic vehicles B64G1/26})
F42B10/66 (Steering by varying intensity or direction of thrust) appears on 342 US grants and 152 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 342
- Published applications
- 152
- Assignees
- 131
- Inventors
- 518
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 11 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
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| 2013 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F42B 10/663Using a plurality of transversally acting auxiliary nozzles, which are opened or144
- F42B 10/661Using several transversally acting rocket motors, each motor containing an individual propellant98
- F42B 10/665Characterised by using a nozzle provided with at least a deflector mounted40
- F42B 10/668Injection of a fluid27
- F42B 10/666Characterised by using a nozzle rotatable about an axis transverse to the24
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for piloting and guiding projectiles in the terminal phase and a projectile comprising means for implementing this process54US 4,408,735 AThomson-CSF · 1983
- Spin-stabilized projectile and guidance system therefor52US 4,347,996 ARaytheon Company · 1982
- Self-contained supplemental guidance module for projectile weapons52US 4,899,956 ATeleflex Incorporated · 1990
- Guided projectile50US 5,238,204 AThomson-CSF · 1993
- Missile jet vane control system and method50US 5,806,791 ARaytheon Company · 1998