F42B 12/66
Chain-shot, i.e. the submissiles being interconnected by chains or the like
Official title: Chain-shot, i.e. the submissiles being interconnected by chains or the like {(ballistically deployed systems for restraining persons or animals F41H13/0006)}
F42B12/66 (Chain-shot, i.e. the submissiles being interconnected by chains or the like) appears on 56 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 56
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 92
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Projectiles and projectile deployment systems13 Jan 2026US 12,523,453 B2The Boeing Company
- Disruptive projectiles and method of making the same20 May 2025US 12,305,966 B2Roborounds, LLC
- Sound reducing systems for use with projectile launchers25 Feb 2025US 12,235,080 B2Wrap Technologies, Inc.
- Entangling projectile system for the disabling of UAV's and other targets of interest4 Feb 2025US 12,215,957 B2Ascendance International, LLC
- Entangling projectile system for the disabling of UAV's and other targets of interest26 Dec 2023US 11,852,445 B2Ascendance International, LLC
- Anti-drone cartridge and bullet6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227163 A1
- Method and technology for both civilian use and military use to subdue aggressive, invasive and harmful AI robot dogs11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160530 A1
- Projectiles and projectile deployment systems11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377189 A1The Boeing Company
- Sound Reducing Systems for Use with Projectile Launchers9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314463 A1
- Aerodynamically Expanding Sub-Projectile Ammunition1 May 2025US 2025/0137757 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intercept vehicle for airborne nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction140US 6,626,077 B12003
- Ballistically deployed restraining net125US 5,750,918 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1998
- Ballistically deployed restraining net109US 5,898,125 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1999
- Ballistically deployed restraining net system66US 5,988,036 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for implementing a two projectile electrical discharge weapon56US 6,575,073 B22003