F42B 4/28
Parachute flares
Official title: Parachute flares (F42B4/12 takes precedence)
F42B4/28 (Parachute flares) appears on 18 US grants and 11 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 18
- Published applications
- 11
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 50
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
Filings by year
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Recovery system for high performance large bore projectiles27 Jan 2026US 12,535,308 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Distress flare17 Mar 2020US 10,591,266 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Illumination munition24 Jul 2018US 10,030,953 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Retention clips for safety mechanisms of illumination flares and safety mechanisms28 Nov 2017US 9,829,288 B2Orbital ATK, Inc.
- Method of generating and displaying a flare drift vector symbol14 Feb 2017US 9,569,973 B2The Boeing Company
- Distress flare20 Jun 2019US 2019/0186882 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Retention clips for safety mechanisms of illumination flares, safety mechanisms and illumination flares so equipped, and related methods23 Mar 2017US 2017/0082408 A1Orbital ATK, Inc.
- Illumination munition21 Jul 2016US 2016/0209189 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Method of Generating and Displaying A Flare Drift Vector Symbol28 Apr 2016US 2016/0117930 A1The Boeing Company
- Pyrotechnic device31 Dec 2015US 2015/0377598 A1Drew Defense GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steerable parachute control system and method51US 6,889,942 B2Atair Aerospace, Inc. · 2005
- Parachute deployment system25US 5,386,781 AThiokol Corporation · 1995
- Parachute deployment control18US 8,006,936 B12011
- Rapid ignition infrared decoy for anti-ship missile15US 6,230,629 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2001
- Underwater launched parachute flare8US 4,335,656 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1982