F42B 14/06
Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots
Official title: Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots; Sabots therefor
F42B14/06 (Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots) appears on 441 US grants and 222 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 441
- Published applications
- 222
- Assignees
- 140
- Inventors
- 643
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 |
| 2026 | 5 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F42B 14/064Sabots enclosing the rear end of a kinetic energy projectile, i.e. having193
- F42B 14/061Sabots for long rod fin stabilised kinetic energy projectiles, i.e. multisegment sabots161
- F42B 14/067Sealing aspects in sabots54
- F42B 14/068Sabots characterised by the material50
- F42B 14/08Sabots filled with propulsive charges20
- F42B 14/065Sabots carrying several projectiles16
Recent patents
- Cartridge with inner surface grooves for a conducted electrical weapon21 Apr 2026US 12,607,437 B2Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Curve of constant width projectile system17 Mar 2026US 12,578,174 B2Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Maneuvering aeromechanically stable sabot system3 Mar 2026US 12,566,054 B2University of Kansas
- Reverse-saboted sidearm systems, and related sidearms, ammunition, and methods3 Feb 2026US 12,540,805 B2
- Firearm barrel27 Jan 2026US 12,535,307 B2Franklin Armory Holdings, Inc.
- Sabot24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287315 A1Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
- Weapon and ammunition system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259029 A1
- Integrated wireless perforating round with composite insert27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251429 A1Defiant Precision Technologies, LLC
- Projectiles adapter6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227164 A1
- Suppressor compatible discarding sabot ammunition4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153316 A1University of Kansas
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ammunition having a projectile made by metal injection molding176US 9,587,918 B1True Velocity, Inc. · 2017
- Method of making a projectile by metal injection molding85US 10,081,057 B2True Velocity, Inc. · 2018
- Reduced energy cartridge66US 5,359,937 ASNC Industrial Technologies Inc./Les Technologies Industrielles SNC Inc. · 1994
- Reusable training ammunition60US 5,259,319 A1993
- Metal injection molded ammunition cartridge59US 10,760,882 B1True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC · 2020