F42B 5/15
For creating a screening or decoy effect
Official title: for creating a screening or decoy effect, e.g. using radar chaff or infrared material (infrared flares F42B4/26)
F42B5/15 (For creating a screening or decoy effect) appears on 111 US grants and 70 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 70
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 181
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 7 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems15 Sep 2026US 12,736,296 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Shielding case for a rotary flare dispensing system17 Feb 2026US 12,552,535 B2Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi
- Interceptor10 Feb 2026US 12,546,574 B2
- Squib enabled hold up battery switch30 Dec 2025US 12,510,336 B1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Enhanced countermeasure dispensing system with increased payload capability29 Apr 2025US 12,286,230 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Interceptor4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153314 A1
- Dual use fire pin for power and communication30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334385 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277641 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Extended fire mux control with polling source4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277652 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Shielding case for a rotary flare dispensing system29 May 2025US 2025/0171147 A1Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magazine, cartridge and method for launching a countermeasure60US 10,684,099 B2Saab AB · 2020
- Decoy-launching packs for foiling guided weapon systems42US 4,222,306 ASociete E. Lacroix · 1980
- Device for producing a decoy cloud, in particular an infrared decoy cloud34US 4,621,579 ABuck Chemisch-Technische Werke GmbH & Co. · 1986
- Projectile32US 4,860,657 ABuck Chemisch-Technische Werke GmbH & Co. · 1989
- XDM pyrophoric countermeasure flare31US 5,631,441 AHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government · 1997