Patent assignee · GB · COMPANY

British Aerospace Plc

115Patents
0Active
115Granted
42Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 7, 1978 → Dec 9, 1999

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4698766A Industrial processing and manufacturing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 109 Expired
US5394517A Integrated real and virtual environment display system Electricity 70 Expired
US4901552A Apparatus and a method for fabricating superplastically formed structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US4714215A Aircraft wing and winglet arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US4838503A Mechanism for supporting and extending a high lift device for aircraft wings Performing Operations; Transporting 59 Expired
US4709877A Deployment and actuation mechanisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US4200253A Aircraft wing drooping leading edge device Performing Operations; Transporting 51 Expired
US4691882A Co-operative satellites Electricity 47 Expired
US4646202A Cabinet for electronic apparatus Electricity 46 Expired
US4848669A Fluid flow control nozzles Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US5845872A Method and arrangement for fastening composite aircraft skins Performing Operations; Transporting 43 Expired
US4889458A Lock nut assemblies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US4541886A Automatic tape laying apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US4891732A Anti-lightning strike fasteners for composite material aircraft structures Performing Operations; Transporting 41 Expired
US5143276A Domed structures and a method of making them by superplastic forming and diffusion bonding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US4876584A Electrostatic discharge protection circuit Electricity 37 Expired
US4967985A Aircrew restraint systems Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US4626996A Aircraft data instrumentation and acquisition system Electricity 28 Expired
US5459575A Laser fiber optic gyroscope having phase modulation Physics 28 Expired
US4354346A Intake ducts for aircraft jet propulsion plant Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US4235397A Flow deflector blades Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US4457621A Rangefinder Physics 25 Expired
US5844520A Surveillance apparatus Physics 25 Expired
US4803926A Double ramming projectile assembly for guns Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US4823271A Data processing arrangements Physics 24 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.