F42B 39/08
Cartridge belts
F42B39/08 (Cartridge belts) appears on 93 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 93
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 159
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Charge separating apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,723,857 B2Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.
- Ammunition feed belt linkage bracket24 Mar 2026US 12,584,704 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Holder device21 Oct 2025US 12,449,244 B2King Competition Products Oy
- Ammunition belt link8 Oct 2024US 12,111,141 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Lightweight ammunition belt link25 Jun 2024US 12,018,923 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Charge separating apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185810 A1Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.
- A holder device20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093139 A1King Competition Products Oy
- Lightweight ammunition belt link24 Aug 2023US 2023/0266108 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Ammunition belt link17 Aug 2023US 2023/0258441 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- A device for holding ammunition for carrying and loading into a firearm13 Apr 2023US 2023/0116860 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Polymer-based machine gun belt links and cartridge casings and manufacturing method225US 8,807,008 B2PCP Tactical, LLC · 2014
- Lightweight cartridge case and weapon system48US 10,782,107 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2020
- Compressed gas weapon34US 5,565,642 AMayer & Grammelspacher DIANAWERK · 1996
- Clip for supplying implant projectiles31US 4,004,565 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1977
- Plastic ammunition belt29US 4,004,491 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1977