F42B 12/10
With shaped or hollow charge
Official title: with shaped or hollow charge (shaped or hollow charges per se F42B1/02 {; mines having hollow charges F42B23/04})
F42B12/10 (With shaped or hollow charge) appears on 234 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 234
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 430
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F42B 12/16In combination with an additional projectile or charge, acting successively on the86
- F42B 12/14The symmetry axis of the hollow charge forming an angle with the32
- F42B 12/105Protruding target distance or stand-off members therefor20
- F42B 12/12Rotatably mounted with respect to missile housing11
Recent patents
- Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) warhead3 Mar 2026US 12,566,052 B2Raytheon Company
- Mid-body warhead for projectile3 Mar 2026US 12,566,053 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Multiple shaped charge jet (SCJ) warhead27 Jan 2026US 12,535,304 B2Raytheon Company
- Dual-mode roll/nod gimballed seeker for a forming warhead2 Sep 2025US 12,405,088 B2Raytheon Company
- Tandem charge for underwater targets5 Aug 2025US 12,379,193 B2Raytheon Company
- Explosive charges18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168773 A1Alford IP Limited
- Multi-Point Initiation System for a Radial Multiple Shaped Charge Jet (MSCJ) Warhead18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168774 A1Raytheon Company
- Multiple shaped charge jet (scj) warhead18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383186 A1Raytheon Company
- Multiple explosively formed penetrator (efp) warhead18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383189 A1Raytheon Company
- Micro detonator and projectile including a micro detonator2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305803 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-warhead, anti-armor missile67US 4,638,737 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1987
- Guided missile deployable as mortar projectile52US 5,780,766 ADiehl GmbH & Co. · 1998
- Hard target penetrator with multi-segmenting casing cutter47US 5,698,814 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 1997
- Shaped charge with explosively driven liquid follow through46US 4,955,939 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1990
- Grenade-type projectile40US 4,938,146 ARheinmetall GmbH · 1990