F42B 19/005
Nose caps for torpedoes
Official title: {Nose caps for torpedoes; Coupling torpedo-case parts together}
F42B19/005 (Nose caps for torpedoes) appears on 34 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 34
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 68
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nosepiece for suppressing a water-entry cavity6 Jan 2026US 12,516,918 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Variable diameter conical nose24 Dec 2024US 12,173,997 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Nose cone comprising electronic circuit boards arranged radially8 Nov 2022US 11,493,313 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Moveable cutters and net penetrating systems and methods17 Jul 2018US 10,023,281 B2Adaptive Methods, Inc.
- Method of making a tubular casing for an underwater device, in particular a torpedo10 Apr 2018US 9,938,630 B2Leonardo S.P.A.
- Nose cone comprising electronic circuit boards arranged radially11 Jul 2019US 2019/0212116 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Article in motion comprising hydrophobically-coated region4 Apr 2019US 2019/0100282 A1Silcotek Corp.
- Concentric cutting assembly, concentric cutting systems, and net penetration method4 May 2017US 2017/0120996 A1Adaptive Methods, Inc.
- Method of making a tubular casing for an underwater device, in particular a torpedo26 Jan 2017US 2017/0022623 A1Leonardo S.P.A.
- Moveable cutters and net penetrating systems and methods21 Jul 2016US 2016/0207598 A1Adaptive Methods, Inc.
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