F42B 3/006
Explosive bolts
Official title: {Explosive bolts; Explosive actuators (explosive valves F16K13/06; explosive cutting B23D15/145; explosive switches H01H39/00; pyrotechnical actuators F15B15/19)}
F42B3/006 (Explosive bolts) appears on 153 US grants and 114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 153
- Published applications
- 114
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 307
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 0 | 7 |
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| 2010 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 8 | 3 |
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| 2023 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Battery system for a heavy-duty vehicle and a heavy-duty vehicle comprising such a battery system9 Jun 2026US 12,649,366 B2Volvo Truck Corporation
- Pyrotechnic devices and firing mechanisms for aircraft canopy jettison28 Apr 2026US 12,612,150 B2The Boeing Company
- Drive system for armored electric vehicles23 Dec 2025US 12,502,946 B2Audi AG
- Triggerable holding apparatus23 Dec 2025US 12,503,073 B2ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Locking tool29 Jul 2025US 12,370,973 B2Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Pyrotechnic devices and firing mechanisms for aircraft canopy jettison5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035061 A1The Boeing Company
- Locking tool12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187559 A1Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Triggerable holding apparatus5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178558 A1ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
- Decoupling module6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074272 A1
- Bolt system6 Mar 2025US 2025/0075729 A1Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aircraft with releasable wings33US 5,009,374 A1991
- Explosive pipe cutting31US 6,016,753 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 2000
- Damped-action pyrotechnic actuator27US 5,303,631 AThomson-Brandt Armements · 1994
- Cable cutter assembly26US 5,177,317 ATeledyne Industries, Inc. · 1993
- Pyromechanical cutting element26US 7,222,561 B2Delphi Technologies, Inc. · 2007