B60T 7/128
Self-acting brakes of different types for railway vehicles
Official title: {Self-acting brakes of different types for railway vehicles (B60T7/12 takes precedence; self-acting brakes in general F16D59/00)}
B60T7/128 (Self-acting brakes of different types for railway vehicles) appears on 41 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60T- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Emergency brake valve system for a pneumatic brake system16 Jun 2026US 12,654,663 B2Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
- Brake control system and brake control method26 May 2026US 12,637,046 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Mid of train unit4 Mar 2025US 12,240,507 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Systems and methods for pre-calculating information regarding interactions between objects during a simulation28 Jan 2025US 12,208,782 B2Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Vehicle control system and method30 Jan 2024US 11,884,251 B2Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
- Systems and methods for pre-calculating information regarding interactions between objects during a simulation15 May 2025US 2025/0153689 A1Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Systems and methods for pre-calculating information regarding interactions between objects during a simulation13 Jun 2024US 2024/0190400 A1Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Electronic pressure control device supplied to a railway brake caliper7 Mar 2024US 2024/0075911 A1ALSTOM Holdings
- Brake control system and brake control method11 Jan 2024US 2024/0010175 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Emergency braking control circuit based on coupler coupling detection27 Apr 2023US 2023/0126718 A1CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic switching system for track-bound freight cars38US 5,758,848 A1998
- Brake assurance circuit to preserve proper locomotive operting status24US 4,830,437 AAmerican Standard Inc. · 1989
- Methods and apparatus for very close following train movement24US 6,580,976 B1GE Harris Railway Electronics, LLC · 2003
- Automatic parking brake for a rail vehicle22US 7,140,477 B2Wabtec Holding Corp. · 2006
- Method and apparatus for braking rail-guided vehicles automatically and accurately with respect to a deceleration distance18US 4,190,220 ALicentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.m.b.H. · 1980