F42B 15/38
Ring-shaped explosive elements for the separation of rocket parts
Official title: Ring-shaped explosive elements for the separation of rocket parts {(systems for coupling or separating cosmonautic vehicles or parts thereof B64G1/64)}
F42B15/38 (Ring-shaped explosive elements for the separation of rocket parts) appears on 68 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 34
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 121
- Latest grant
- 19 Nov 2024
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Separation device assemblies19 Nov 2024US 12,145,751 B2Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
- Separation device assemblies17 Oct 2023US 11,787,571 B2Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
- Separation device assemblies1 Aug 2023US 11,713,142 B2Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Comany
- Controlled separation joint31 Jan 2023US 11,565,835 B1Stratolaunch, LLC
- Method and device for the connection and linear separation of two elements stuck together8 Nov 2022US 11,492,146 B2Arianegroup SAS
- Connection system29 Aug 2024US 2024/0286769 A1Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
- Separation device assemblies23 Nov 2023US 2023/0373660 A1Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
- Local connection device with controlled separation comprising a multidirectional bonding layer5 Mar 2020US 2020/0071005 A1Arianegroup SAS
- Method and device for the connection and linear separation of two elements stuck together9 Jan 2020US 2020/0010223 A1Arianegroup SAS
- Separation device assemblies6 Jun 2019US 2019/0168898 A1Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Payload housing and assembly joint for a launch vehicle77US 5,743,492 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1998
- Thrusting separation system48US 5,372,071 ATracor, Inc. · 1994
- Separation system45US 4,685,376 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1987
- Launch vehicle system38US 5,529,264 ALockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc. · 1996
- Breakable joint system enabling parts to be separated by means of an explosive charge34US 5,129,306 AAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle · 1992