B61B 13/04
Monorail systems
B61B13/04 (Monorail systems) appears on 288 US grants and 244 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61B- Granted patents
- 288
- Published applications
- 244
- Assignees
- 151
- Inventors
- 604
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 18 |
| 2014 | 11 | 13 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 14 | 13 |
| 2019 | 6 | 22 |
| 2020 | 12 | 10 |
| 2021 | 14 | 18 |
| 2022 | 19 | 16 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 9 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Overhead conveying vehicle7 Jul 2026US 12,673,817 B2Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Carriage30 Jun 2026US 12,668,432 B2Thk Co., Ltd.
- High speed suspended transit system and related methods9 Jun 2026US 12,649,500 B2
- Beam measuring device9 Jun 2026US 12,650,360 B2Innova Transportation, LLC
- Traveling vehicle system19 May 2026US 12,631,436 B2Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Overhead transport system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250068 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Level monitoring and automatic leveling system for rail transporter21 May 2026US 2026/0138656 A1East China Jiaotong University
- Travel rail and traveling vehicle system16 Apr 2026US 2026/0107735 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Rail-guided carrier system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0101708 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Rapid transit system with wheel in track design26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084727 A1
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