B60M 1/04
Mechanical protection of line
Official title: Mechanical protection of line; Protection against contact by living beings
B60M1/04 (Mechanical protection of line) appears on 28 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60M- Granted patents
- 28
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 58
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Flexible multi-wire power supply cable with linear current reception16 Dec 2025US 12,496,934 B2Irid Sp. z o.o.
- Third rail power insulating system24 Oct 2023US 11,794,608 B1Eastern Rail Corp.
- Third rail railway cover board4 Apr 2023US 11,618,345 B2Protran Technology, LLC
- Device, system and method for electrical arc suppression on a power rail28 Feb 2023US 11,594,872 B2Toronto Transit Commission
- Cable trough25 Oct 2022US 11,479,921 B2Northstone (Ni) Limited
- Charge rail and system for charging a parked road vehicle26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206161 A1Elonroad AB
- Flexible multi-wire power supply cable with linear current reception19 Jan 2023US 2023/0019852 A1Irid Sp. z o.o.
- Bracket to support covering of electrified contact rail in railway systems10 Jun 2021US 2021/0170913 A1Pandrol Limited
- Cable trough3 Sep 2020US 2020/0277739 A1Northstone (Ni) Limited
- Device, system and method for electrical arc suppression on a power rail16 Apr 2020US 2020/0119541 A1Toronto Transit Commission
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable cover for conductors and insulators224US 8,907,222 B2Preformed Line Products Company · 2014
- Third rail power insulating system23US 7,926,634 B12011
- Apparatus for grounding railway contact rails22US 6,572,390 B2Tyco Electronics Corporation · 2003
- Protection of electrical power transmission systems8US 7,834,269 B22010
- Insulation barrier for high voltage power lines and method of installation of same6US 7,541,546 B2Midsun Group, Inc. · 2009