F42C 1/02
Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact: with firing-pin structurally
Official title: with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze
F42C1/02 (Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact: with firing-pin structurally) appears on 108 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42C- Granted patents
- 108
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 173
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Shear-pin based inertia igniters with preset no-fire protection for munitions and the like13 Jan 2026US 12,523,457 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Shear-pin based inertia igniters with preset no-fire protection for munitions and the like27 Aug 2024US 12,072,174 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Mechanical self-percussion fuze for a non-gyrating ammunition16 Jul 2024US 12,038,262 B1Dixi Microtechniques
- Mechanical energy harvesting devices with safety and event detection for munitions and the like18 Jun 2024US 12,013,221 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Multi-pulse propulsion system with passive initiation21 May 2024US 11,988,173 B2Raytheon Company
- Shear-pin based inertia igniters with preset no-fire protection for munitions and the like19 Dec 2024US 2024/0418488 A1Omnitek Partners LLC
- Mechanical self-percussion fuze for a non-gyrating ammunition8 Aug 2024US 2024/0263931 A1Dixi Microtechniques
- Mechanical energy harvesting devices with safety and event detection for munitions and the like28 Sep 2023US 2023/0304780 A1Omnitek Partners LLC
- Fire-fighting device24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264054 A1
- Shear-pin based inertia igniters with preset no-fire protection for munitions and the like8 Jun 2023US 2023/0175825 A1Omnitek Partners LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Crash sensor with snap disk release mechanism for stabbing primer21US 4,982,664 A1991
- Armour-piercing high-explosive projectile with cartridge18US 4,574,702 A1986
- Mechanical acceleration sensor17US 4,927,172 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Universal smart fuze for unmanned aerial vehicle or other remote armament systems15US 9,410,783 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2016
- Target discriminating bomblet13US 3,968,748 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1976