AeroVironment, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →401Patents
337Active
401Granted
59Portfolio score
Filing activity: Sep 5, 1974 → Jul 10, 2024 · 40 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5659465A | Peak electrical power conversion system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 300 | Expired |
| US8505430B2 | Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube | Performing Operations; Transporting | 170 | Active |
| US7256516B2 | Battery charging system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 169 | Expired |
| US9404750B2 | High altitude, long endurance, unmanned aircraft and methods of operation thereof | Performing Operations; Transporting | 138 | Active |
| US6666796B1 | Walking assisting apparatus | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 134 | Expired |
| US5082079A | Passively stable hovering system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 98 | Expired |
| US9127908B2 | Multimode unmanned aerial vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 97 | Active |
| US6086015A | Aerial transport method and apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 84 | Expired |
| USD654858S1 | Electric vehicle supply equipment | General | 73 | Expired |
| US6756695B2 | Method of and apparatus for wave energy conversion using a float with excess buoyancy | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 71 | Expired |
| US7084520B2 | Wind turbine system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 68 | Expired |
| USD654857S1 | Electric vehicle supply equipment | General | 67 | Expired |
| US5856037A | Battery venting system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 66 | Expired |
| US5035382A | Rapid assembly aircraft for ground surveillance | Performing Operations; Transporting | 66 | Expired |
| USD461159S1 | Foldable wing aircraft | General | 62 | Expired |
| US6232742A | Dc/ac inverter apparatus for three-phase and single-phase motors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| USD813143S1 | Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) winged air vehicle with complementary angled rotors | General | 55 | Active |
| US9834305B2 | Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 49 | Active |
| US5751150A | Bidirectional load and source cycler | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US3934922A | Aerodynamic drag reduction devices for surface vehicles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 47 | Expired |
| US6944450B2 | Communications system | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US7444192B2 | Reactive replenishable device management | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US3934923A | Air decelerator for truck cab | Performing Operations; Transporting | 41 | Expired |
| US8299754B2 | Stored energy and charging appliance | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 40 | Active |
| US9187184B2 | Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable rf transparent launch tube | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.