F42C 14/00
Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type
Official title: {Mechanical} fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type (F42C1/00, {F42C7/00, F42C9/00, F42C11/001}, F42C13/00, F42C15/00 take precedence)
F42C14/00 (Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type) appears on 135 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42C- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 69
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 256
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 9 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F42C 14/02Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type: for hand grenades70
- F42C 14/04Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type: for torpedoes, marine25
- F42C 14/06Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type: for fall bombs19
- F42C 14/08Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type: for land mines12
Recent patents
- Hand-throwable effect-producing body with a manually graspable housing body and method for operating a hand-throwable effect-producing body12 May 2026US 12,624,934 B2Rheinmetall Waffe Munition ARGES GmbH
- Electronic time warhead fuze19 Aug 2025US 12,392,591 B2Condor S.A. Industria Quimica
- Grenade with independently detachable carpel segments21 Jan 2025US 12,203,732 B2
- Lanyard actuated percussion primer ignition mechanism for reserve battery activation21 May 2024US 11,988,493 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Igniter with a delay time that can be set5 Dec 2023US 11,835,326 B2Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
- Remotely controllable fuzing arrangements23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110527 A1Orion Advanced Systems Ltd
- Hand-throwable effect-producing body with a manually graspable housing body and method for operating a hand-throwable effect-producing body1 May 2025US 2025/0137765 A1Rheinmetall Waffe Munition ARGES GmbH
- Electronic time warhead fuze11 Jul 2024US 2024/0230296 A1Condor S.A. Industria Quimica
- Shear wire adaptor kit28 Dec 2023US 2023/0415888 A1L3Harris Release & Integrated Solutions Ltd
- Fire-fighting device24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264054 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bomb saddle interface module31US 4,478,127 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1984
- Motion translator24US 4,882,970 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1989
- Electric ignition device23US 3,941,058 ADynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft · 1976
- Lock for igniter plug lever20US 6,792,868 B2Etienne Lacroix Tous Artifices S,A · 2004
- Integrated event detection and electrical generator devices for a gravity dropped or ejected weapons16US 10,488,169 B2Omnitek Partners LLC · 2019