G05D 1/105
Specially adapted for unpowered flight
Official title: {specially adapted for unpowered flight, e.g. glider, parachuting, forced landing (parachutes per se B64D17/00)}
G05D1/105 (Specially adapted for unpowered flight) appears on 147 US grants and 147 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 147
- Published applications
- 147
- Assignees
- 77
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7 |
| 2018 | 8 | 14 |
| 2019 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 12 | 15 |
| 2022 | 8 | 16 |
| 2023 | 10 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and method for performing precision guided air to ground package delivery9 Apr 2026US 2026/0099800 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Method of assemblying and operating an autorotating payload delivery device1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001645 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Autorotating payload delivery device13 Feb 2025US 2025/0051007 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Autorotating payload delivery device13 Feb 2025US 2025/0051008 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- Reusable balloon system9 Jan 2025US 2025/0010970 A1Urban Sky
Most cited
By later US patents
- Covert sensor emplacement using autorotational delivery mechanism223US 8,172,173 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. · 2012
- Interactive position guidance apparatus and method for guiding a user to reach a predetermined target position211US 5,798,733 ANorthrop Grumman Corporation · 1998
- Delivery of packages by unmanned aerial vehicles116US 9,536,216 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Relative positioning of balloons with altitude control and wind data75US 8,820,678 B2Google Inc. · 2014
- Reverse iteration of planning data for system control74US 9,201,426 B1Google Inc. · 2015