B61B 1/00
General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings
Official title: General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings; Railway networks; Rail vehicle marshalling systems (shunting humps and shunting devices B61J; construction of platforms E01F1/00; time-tables G09D)
B61B1/00 (General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings) appears on 310 US grants and 366 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61B- Granted patents
- 310
- Published applications
- 366
- Assignees
- 173
- Inventors
- 705
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 |
| 2013 | 10 | 12 |
| 2014 | 5 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11 |
| 2016 | 12 | 26 |
| 2017 | 11 | 17 |
| 2018 | 14 | 24 |
| 2019 | 23 | 29 |
| 2020 | 32 | 27 |
| 2021 | 18 | 33 |
| 2022 | 23 | 22 |
| 2023 | 19 | 36 |
| 2024 | 21 | 25 |
| 2025 | 16 | 17 |
| 2026 | 13 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Circular cableway8 Sep 2026US 12,728,898 B2Innova Patent GmbH
- Gravitational potential energy storage systems and methods18 Aug 2026US 12,709,307 B2Advanced Rail Energy Storage, LLC
- Overhead transport vehicle system19 May 2026US 12,630,197 B2Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Internet of things-based transportation shuttle and shuttle traffic system12 May 2026US 12,626,607 B2
- Sawtooth station, bidirectional sawtooth platform, car tether, and elevated autonomous people mover system14 Apr 2026US 12,600,387 B2
- Personal transportation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307695 A1TPT Technologies, Inc.
- Platform gate support system and method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241962 A1Overhead Door Corporation
- Train platform safety device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233765 A1Skd Hi-Tec Co., Ltd.
- An automated storage and retrieval system with logically operable barriers for safe enter and exit into a transport vehicle, and an associated method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208769 A1Autostore Technology AS
- An automated storage and retrieval system comprising lockable barriers for safe transfer of persons into a transport vehicle on a live grid, and associated method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208770 A1Autostore Technology AS
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- Electromagnetically propelled high-speed high-capacity transportation system for short-distance travel in urban and suburban areas71US 5,473,233 A1995
- High capacity multiple-stage railway switching yard61US 6,516,727 B22003
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