Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles

Introduced: January 1990

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:: WEAPONS
Subclass:: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE

Filing statistics

IPC F41A 23/00 belongs to the parent subclass F41A, which recorded 22,919 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,516 in 2013 to 1,928 in 2023 (+27%), peaking at 2,614 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class F41 are NEXTER SYSTEMS (509 applications), AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT (461 applications) and RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION (409 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

mounting guns on VEHICLES

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Child Classifications

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F41A 23/02 Mountings without wheels
F41A 23/2 for disappearing guns
F41A 23/24 Turret gun mountings
F41A 23/26 Mountings for transport only; Loading or unloading arrangements for guns for use with carrier vehicles
F41A 23/28 Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings
F41A 23/34 on wheeled or endless-track vehicles
F41A 23/44 on sledges
F41A 23/46 Trail spades
F41A 23/5 Travelling locks; Brakes for holding the gun platform in a fixed position during transport
F41A 23/52 Base plates for gun mountings
F41A 23/56 Arrangements for adjusting the gun platform in the vertical or horizontal position

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228