F42C 14/02
Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type: for hand grenades
Official title: for hand grenades
F42C14/02 (Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type: for hand grenades) appears on 70 US grants and 48 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42C- Granted patents
- 70
- Published applications
- 48
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 143
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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
- Igniter with a delay time that can be set5 Dec 2023US 11,835,326 B2Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
- Electronic ignition unit for a stun grenade and stun grenade5 Sep 2023US 11,747,123 B2Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
- 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
- Fire-fighting device24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264054 A1
- Impact activated crowd control mechanism and device30 Mar 2023US 2023/0095113 A1
- Chemical agent delivery receptacle with reusable digital control cartridge8 Dec 2022US 2022/0390215 A1Liberty Dynamic, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Safety fuze for a hand grenade15US 4,926,752 A1990
- Safety fuze for a hand grenade15US 5,196,649 ADiNova, Inc. · 1993
- Fuse plug pyrotechnic firing device14US 5,635,667 AEtat Francais, Represente par le Delegegue General pour L'Armament · 1997