F42B 12/32
The hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies
Official title: the hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies, e.g. steel balls, embedded therein {or disposed around the explosive charge}
F42B12/32 (The hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies) appears on 175 US grants and 104 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 175
- Published applications
- 104
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 334
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 10 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Preformed composite fragmentation warhead14 Jul 2026US 12,680,796 B1Raytheon Company
- Mid-body warhead for projectile3 Mar 2026US 12,566,053 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Helical patterning on a curved surface for additive manufacturing of a fragmentation device27 Jan 2026US 12,536,347 B1Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Munitions payload delivery system with bump fire and radio command triggers22 Jul 2025US 12,365,458 B2
- Nonfragmentation multiple vector munition22 Jul 2025US 12,366,436 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Improvements in or relating to command initiated fragmentation charges1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298599 A1Alford IP Limited
- Payload system and method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219015 A1Swift Beat, LLC
- Preformed composite fragmentation warhead16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202178 A1Raytheon Company
- Optimized fragment geometry for an explosive projective device and associated design and manufacturing methods9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194333 A1Firestorm Labs, Inc.
- Delivery of projectiles from a rifled bore4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369737 A1Federal Cartridge Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for protecting a target from missiles68US 5,661,254 ADiehl GmbH & Co. · 1997
- Polymer ammunition having a projectile made by metal injection molding60US 10,591,260 B2True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC · 2020
- Fragmentation warhead device59US 5,313,890 AHughes Missile Systems Company · 1994
- Low velocity radial deployment with predetermined pattern53US 5,535,679 ALoral Vought Systems Corporation · 1996
- Guided missile deployable as mortar projectile52US 5,780,766 ADiehl GmbH & Co. · 1998