F42C 15/24
Wherein the safety or arming action is effected by inertia means
Official title: wherein the safety or arming action is effected by inertia means (F42C15/196, F42C15/20 take precedence)
F42C15/24 (Wherein the safety or arming action is effected by inertia means) appears on 214 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42C- Granted patents
- 214
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 270
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Actuation mechanism for actuating a device and method for actuating a device21 Jul 2026US 12,687,378 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Inertial delay mechanisms for low-G and long-duration acceleration event detection and for initiation devices in munitions and impulse switches and the like28 Apr 2026US 12,613,084 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Shear-pin based inertia igniters with preset no-fire protection for munitions and the like13 Jan 2026US 12,523,457 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Inertial igniters for low-g and long-duration firing acceleration munitions and the like30 Dec 2025US 12,510,340 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Method for rotating a toggle link upon an acceleration event greater than a predetermined threshold26 Aug 2025US 12,398,990 B2Omnitek Partners LLC
- Switch, electronic safe and arm unit, fuze system, munition and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210684 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Switch, electronic safe and arm unit, fuze system, munition and method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202181 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- High-precision and high setback acceleration resistant reserve accelerometers for munitions29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029423 A1Omnitek Partners LLC
- Safety device for an igntter. use of the safety device and method of acttvattng an igntter witit tiits safety devic e10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224218 A1Riieinmetall Air Defence AG
- Inertial delay mechanisms for low-g and long-duration acceleration event detection and for initiation devices in munitions and impulse switches and the like12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189285 A1Omnitek Partners LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) -type devices having latch release and output mechanisms111US 6,321,654 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2001
- Ultra-miniature, monolithic, mechanical safety-and-arming (S&A) device for projected munitions58US 6,167,809 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2001
- Compact artillery36US 6,571,676 B12003
- Miniature MEMS-based electro-mechanical safety and arming device36US 6,964,231 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2005
- Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) safe and arm apparatus29US 6,568,329 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2003