G05D 1/0202
Specially adapted to aircraft
Official title: {specially adapted to aircraft}
G05D1/0202 (Specially adapted to aircraft) appears on 608 US grants and 661 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 608
- Published applications
- 661
- Assignees
- 280
- Inventors
- 1,224
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 26 | 22 |
| 2025 | 29 | 11 |
| 2026 | 11 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing systems6 Oct 2026US 12,756,053 B2United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Virtual wall mapping for aerial vehicle navigation8 Sep 2026US 12,731,497 B2Skydio, Inc.
- System having a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles and a method of controlling a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles16 Jun 2026US 12,656,773 B2Verity AG
- Method of flight plan optimization of a high altitude long endurance aircraft28 Apr 2026US 12,613,096 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Altitude calculation method and altitude calculation program for flying body, and flying body including the same21 Apr 2026US 12,607,706 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- Radio controlled aircraft, remote controller and methods for use therewith20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241304 A1Drone-Control, LLC
- Method of operating a high altitude long endurance aircraft for maximizing solar capture20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246420 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Method Of Flight Plan Optimization Of A High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235409 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Integration between unmanned aerial system and unmanned ground robotic vehicle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217154 A1Asylon, Inc.
- Landing Pad for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Delivery21 May 2026US 2026/0138754 A1Valqari Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated package delivery to a delivery receptacle324US 9,244,147 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Collision avoidance using limited range gated video277US 6,975,246 B1ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. · 2005
- Stabilized airborne drop delivery118US 9,688,404 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Tether compensated airborne delivery113US 9,676,481 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Threat avoidance system and method for aircraft94US 5,631,640 AHoneywell Inc. · 1997