B60L 5/39
From third rail
Official title: from third rail
B60L5/39 (From third rail) appears on 51 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
- 51
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 124
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rail vehicle comprising an energy storage system having an energy storage device and a transformer, a method of operating such a rail vehicle, and a method of assembling a train composition comprising a rail vehicle carriage4 Aug 2026US 12,697,882 B2Stadler Rail AG
- Highly automated mode of road traffic21 Apr 2026US 12,606,964 B2
- Current collector and method for power transmission3 Feb 2026US 12,539,763 B2Schunk Transit Systems GmbH
- Process and system for pole and conductor installation for charging while moving13 Jan 2026US 12,522,109 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Three-rail power supply system16 Dec 2025US 12,496,935 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Electrical interface system11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376037 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Current collection shoe apparatus11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376041 A1First Greater Western Limited
- Rotating current collector27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360797 A1Korea Railroad Research Institute
- Two-series spring damping type current collector for subway vehicles23 Jan 2025US 2025/0026204 A1Beijing Jiaotong University
- Monitoring integrity of charging rail system16 Jan 2025US 2025/0022118 A1Caterpillar Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intelligent POD management and transport15US 10,286,925 B22019
- Auxiliary vehicle current collector11US 5,673,774 AWestinghouse Air Brake Company · 1997
- Current collector9US 7,188,716 B2Schunk Metall und Kunststoff GmbH · 2007
- Ground level power supply system for a non-guided electric vehicle and corresponding method of use9US 9,616,772 B2Alstom Transport Technologies · 2017
- Pressing-on device for a current collector and method for energy transmission5US 8,348,035 B2Schunk Bahn-und Industrietechnik GmbH · 2013