F42B 14/064
Sabots enclosing the rear end of a kinetic energy projectile, i.e. having
Official title: {Sabots enclosing the rear end of a kinetic energy projectile, i.e. having a closed disk shaped obturator base and petals extending forward from said base}
F42B14/064 (Sabots enclosing the rear end of a kinetic energy projectile, i.e. having) appears on 193 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Reverse-saboted sidearm systems, and related sidearms, ammunition, and methods3 Feb 2026US 12,540,805 B2
- Low-observable projectile11 Nov 2025US 12,467,729 B2
- Reduced energy marking cartridges providing a multi-phase firing cycle4 Nov 2025US 12,460,910 B1General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada, Inc.
- Weapon and ammunition system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259029 A1
- Saboted firearm systems, and related firearms, ammunition, and methods28 May 2026US 2026/0146835 A1
- Reduced energy marking cartridges providing a multi-phase firing cycle12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071859 A1General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada, Inc.
- Low-observable projectile29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029222 A1
- Multi-shot discarding sabot round13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347500 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reduced energy cartridge66US 5,359,937 ASNC Industrial Technologies Inc./Les Technologies Industrielles SNC Inc. · 1994
- Plastic composite sabot53US 4,735,148 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1988
- Caseless ammunition round with spin stabilized metal flechette and disintegrating sabot51US 4,015,527 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 1977
- Reduced energy cartridge51US 5,492,063 ALes Technologies Industrielles SNC · 1996
- Sabot and projectile45US 4,434,718 A1984