F42B 8/22
Fall bombs
F42B8/22 (Fall bombs) appears on 9 US grants and 3 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 9
- Published applications
- 3
- Assignees
- 5
- Inventors
- 13
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Interlocking expandable air-drop package17 Feb 2026US 12,553,696 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Weapon and weapon system employing the same10 Oct 2017US 9,784,543 B2Lone Star IP Holdings, LP
- Weapon and weapon system employing the same30 Jun 2015US 9,068,803 B2Lone Star IP Holdings, LP
- Lightweight training bomblet equipped with axially tensioned housing covers25 Feb 1992US 5,090,326 ARheinmetall GmbH
- Bomblet carrier projectile equipped with lightweight training bomblets arranged in layers31 Dec 1991US 5,076,171 ARheinmetall GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular practice bomb19US 4,112,843 AHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence · 1978
- Bomblet carrier projectile equipped with lightweight training bomblets arranged in layers15US 5,076,171 ARheinmetall GmbH · 1991
- Laser-guided bomb trainer14US 4,408,537 AHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence · 1983
- Lightweight training bomblet equipped with axially tensioned housing covers9US 5,090,326 ARheinmetall GmbH · 1992
- Practice bomb5US 4,620,484 APolyzive · 1986