B60M 5/00
Arrangements along running rails or at joints thereof for current conduction or
Official title: Arrangements along running rails or at joints thereof for current conduction or insulation, e.g. safety devices for reducing earth currents (insulating rail joints E01B11/54; conductive connections between rails in general H01R3/00, H01R4/00, H01R4/70)
B60M5/00 (Arrangements along running rails or at joints thereof for current conduction or) appears on 43 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60M- Granted patents
- 43
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 97
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Grade crossing system including grade crossing predictor in electrified propulsion territory1 Sep 2026US 12,722,676 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Switching device and voltage limiting device having a switching device29 Apr 2025US 12,288,658 B2Rail Power Systems GmbH
- Line section for the operation of electrically driven rail vehicles4 Mar 2025US 12,240,354 B2
- Voltage limiting device having a switching device22 Oct 2024US 12,125,654 B2Rail Power Systems GmbH
- Railroad energy delivery system30 Apr 2024US 11,970,192 B2SunTrain, Inc.
- Grade crossing system including grade crossing predictor in electrified propulsion territory12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187496 A1Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Conductor Assembly for Rails14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375693 A1ERICO International Corporation
- Stray current mitigation assemblies having a carbon conduction subassembly21 Sep 2023US 2023/0294560 A1
- Line Selection for the Operation of Electrically Driven Rail Vehicles8 Jun 2023US 2023/0173952 A1
- Railroad energy delivery system6 Apr 2023US 2023/0103923 A1SunTrain, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for grounding railway contact rails22US 6,572,390 B2Tyco Electronics Corporation · 2003
- Track circuit retainer clip19US 5,127,577 AERICO International Corporation · 1992
- Rail heater clip18US 7,717,387 B2Thomas & Betts International, Inc. · 2010
- Traffic system and power supply method17US 9,969,299 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. · 2018
- Short-circuiting device15US 6,707,171 B1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2004