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F42C 7/02

Contact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated by mechanical contact between a stationary ammunition, e.g. a land mine, and a moving target, e.g. a person

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Fuzes actuated by application of a predetermined mechanical force, e.g. tension, torsion, pressure > Contact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated by mechanical contact between a stationary ammunition, e.g. a land mine, and a moving target, e.g. a person

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
AMMUNITION; BLASTING
Subclass:
AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F42C 7/08 of release type, i.e. actuated by releasing pressure from the ammunition head
  • F42C 7/1 of antenna type

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F42, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 442
  2. DETNET SOUTH AFRICA ZA 440
  3. BAE SYSTEMS GB 422
  4. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 403
  5. HANWHA CORPORATION KR 388
  6. BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 375
  7. RAYTHEON COMPANY US 341
  8. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 284
  9. TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS US 264
  10. ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 243