F42B 33/001
Devices or processes for assembling ammunition, cartridges or cartridge elements from parts
Official title: {Devices or processes for assembling ammunition, cartridges or cartridge elements from parts}
F42B33/001 (Devices or processes for assembling ammunition, cartridges or cartridge elements from parts) appears on 357 US grants and 414 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 357
- Published applications
- 414
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
- 445
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Artillery projectile with segmented body22 Sep 2026US 12,742,623 B2Dynamic Systems Research, Inc.
- Jacketed projectile and method of manufacture15 Sep 2026US 12,736,315 B2DSG Technology AS
- Flash directed reactive target and method of manufacture18 Aug 2026US 12,710,259 B2Firebird Holdings LLC
- Ammunition press and components thereof16 Jun 2026US 12,656,094 B2AOB Products Company
- Archery arrow and related method of manufacture2 Jun 2026US 12,644,683 B2Grace Engineering Corp.
- Archery arrow and related method of manufacture17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276354 A1Grace Engineering Corp.
- Ammunition press and components thereof6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227165 A1AOB Products Company
- Projectiles with coatings and methods for applying coatings to projectiles23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210681 A1
- Projectile and method of manufacture23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210682 A1
- Ammunition shell holder retention system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210683 A1AOB Products Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lightweight polymer ammunition cartridge casings245US 8,561,543 B2True Velocity, Inc. · 2013
- Ammunition articles comprising light-curable moisture-preventative sealant and method of manufacturing same225US 7,032,492 B22006
- Composite projectile and cartridge with composite projectile219US 8,689,696 B1Caneel Associates, Inc. · 2014
- High volume multiple component projectile assembly211US 8,857,343 B2Liberty Ammunition, LLC · 2014
- Polymeric ammunition casing geometry210US 9,335,137 B2Mac, LLC · 2016