F42C 11/065
Programmable electronic delay initiators in projectiles
Official title: {Programmable electronic delay initiators in projectiles}
F42C11/065 (Programmable electronic delay initiators in projectiles) appears on 88 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42C- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 173
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Projectile construction, launcher, and launcher accessory24 Mar 2026US 12,584,720 B2NL Enterprises, LLC
- Vibration signaling for a gun8 Apr 2025US 12,272,232 B2Airshare, Inc.
- Apparatus and method suitable for use with a munition1 Apr 2025US 12,264,905 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Munitions and projectiles24 Dec 2024US 12,173,995 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Test and/or practice ammunition10 Sep 2024US 12,085,375 B2Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
- Load balancing aerial munitions delivery system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008537 A1
- Vibration signaling for a gun31 Jul 2025US 2025/0244096 A1Airshare, Inc.
- Single-capacitor electronic detonator and system for firing such single-capacitor electronic detonators26 Jun 2025US 2025/0207899 A1Davey Bickford
- Vibration signaling for a gun7 Nov 2024US 2024/0371242 A1Airshare, Inc.
- Projectile Construction, Launcher, and Launcher Accessory11 Jul 2024US 2024/0230292 A1NL Enterprises, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic assembly for moderate hard target penetrator fuze52US 4,586,436 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1986
- Process for the in-flight programming of a trigger time for a projectile element41US 6,216,595 B1Giat Industries · 2001
- Timing control system36US 4,829,899 AThe United States of America as represented by the Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1989
- Programmable electronic delay fuse34US 4,632,031 AThe Commonwealth of Australia · 1986
- Method and apparatus for adjusting a fuze after firing a projectile from a weapon33US 4,022,102 AWerkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle AG · 1977