F42B 15/105
Air torpedoes
Official title: {Air torpedoes, e.g. projectiles with or without propulsion, provided with supporting air foil surfaces}
F42B15/105 (Air torpedoes) appears on 56 US grants and 28 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 56
- Published applications
- 28
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 136
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Deployable canard for aerodynamic aiding of ejectable strongback separation15 Sep 2026US 12,736,316 B1Raytheon Company
- Articulating inlet for airbreathing extended range projectiles and missiles7 Oct 2025US 12,435,960 B2Raytheon Company
- Mobile munition assembly and apparatus, systems, and methods of executing a mission for the mobile munition assembly5 Nov 2024US 12,135,193 B1
- Aerial vehicle for carrying a payload17 Sep 2024US 12,091,149 B2Abbott Aerospace Canada Ltd.
- Methods and apparatuses for aerial interception of aerial threats28 May 2024US 11,994,367 B2Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- A glide bomb and methods of use thereof2 Feb 2023US 2023/0031950 A1Skyborne Technologies Pty. Ltd.
- Methods and apparatuses for aerial interception of aerial threats29 Dec 2022US 2022/0412694 A1Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Aerial vehicle for carrying a payload13 Oct 2022US 2022/0324561 A1Abbott Aerospace Canada Ltd.
- Articulating inlet for airbreathing extended range projectiles and missiles2 Jun 2022US 2022/0170722 A1Raytheon Company
- Visual guidance system for barrel-fired projectiles2 Jun 2022US 2022/0170725 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sonotube compatible unmanned aerial vehicle and system413US 6,056,237 A2000
- Smart counter asymmetric threat micromunition with autonomous target selection and homing125US 7,631,833 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2009
- Airborne vehicle having deployable wing and control surface104US 6,186,443 B1International Dynamics Corporation · 2001
- Flyer assembly90US 6,392,213 B1The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · 2002
- Unmanned aircraft67US 4,471,923 AVereinigte Flugtechnische Werke MBB · 1984