IPC Main Group
F42C 15/00 Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- Subclass:
- AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F42C 15/16 wherein the firing pin is displaced out of the action line for safety
- F42C 15/18 wherein a carrier for an element of the pyrotechnic or explosive train is moved
- F42C 15/2 wherein a securing-pin or latch is removed to arm the fuze, e.g. removed from the firing pin
- F42C 15/24 wherein the safety or arming action is effected by inertia means
- F42C 15/28 operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids
- F42C 15/32 operated by change of fluid pressure
- F42C 15/34 wherein the safety or arming action is effected by a blocking-member in the pyrotechnic or explosive train between primer and main charge
- F42C 15/36 wherein arming is effected by combustion or fusion of an element
- F42C 15/38 wherein arming is effected by chemical action
- F42C 15/4 wherein the safety or arming action is effected electrically
- F42C 15/44 Arrangements for disarming, or for rendering harmless, fuzes after arming, e.g. after launch
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F42, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 442
- DETNET SOUTH AFRICA ZA 440
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 422
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 403
- HANWHA CORPORATION KR 388
- BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 375
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 341
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 284
- TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS US 264
- ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 243