B60L 13/06
Means to sense or control vehicle position or attitude with respect to
Official title: Means to sense or control vehicle position or attitude with respect to railway
B60L13/06 (Means to sense or control vehicle position or attitude with respect to) appears on 164 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 164
- Published applications
- 143
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 319
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
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| 2010 | 6 | 10 |
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| 2012 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 9 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 14 |
| 2020 | 4 | 11 |
| 2021 | 9 | 12 |
| 2022 | 10 | 19 |
| 2023 | 12 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 7 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for controlling an operating characteristic of a vehicle, such as the ground clearance18 Aug 2026US 12,709,161 B2Safran Landing Systems
- Contactless direction of sortation shuttles along a track26 May 2026US 12,636,957 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetically suspended and powered train19 May 2026US 12,630,024 B1
- Apparatus for transporting objects12 May 2026US 12,623,864 B2I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Method and system device for multiple load-bearing of linear motor for magnetic levitation transportation28 Apr 2026US 12,611,939 B2Crrc Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Electro-magnetic launch systemsand methods using high force magnetic levitation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274443 A1Electric Launch, LLC
- Electromagnet current control method and related assembly6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229393 A1Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- Optimal tracking control method for protecting transient performance of maglev train16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200334 A1Liaocheng University
- Propulsion, Levitation, and Guidance Systems For Enhanced Efficiency and Reduced Drag in High-Speed Capsules Operating Under Low-Pressure Vacuum Conditions28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269729 A1Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc.
- Control module for linear reluctance motor5 Jun 2025US 2025/0183832 A1Hardt IP B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adaptive magnetic levitation apparatus and method91US 7,224,252 B2Magno Corporation · 2007
- System for inductive transfer of power, communication and position sensing to a guideway-operated vehicle90US 6,499,701 B1MagneMotion, Inc. · 2002
- Suspending, guiding and propelling vehicles using magnetic forces68US 6,983,701 B2MagneMotion, Inc. · 2006
- Electromagnetically floated carrier system with stopping unit57US 4,690,066 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1987
- Control system for a magnetic levitation body50US 5,093,754 ASeiko Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992