B61B 13/12
Systems with propulsion devices between or alongside the rails
Official title: Systems with propulsion devices between or alongside the rails, e.g. pneumatic systems (cable traction B61B9/00; car shunting devices B61J)
B61B13/12 (Systems with propulsion devices between or alongside the rails) appears on 258 US grants and 167 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61B- Granted patents
- 258
- Published applications
- 167
- Assignees
- 137
- Inventors
- 482
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 14 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 11 | 6 |
| 2021 | 15 | 11 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electromagnet switch for shuttles on a track6 Oct 2026US 12,752,824 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Transport facility22 Sep 2026US 12,745,599 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Contactless direction of sortation shuttles along a track26 May 2026US 12,636,957 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Linear conveyance system5 May 2026US 12,617,634 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Stabilized carrier basket trolley, stabilized carrier basket transporter system and method of stabilizing a carrier basket in a carrier basket transporter system24 Feb 2026US 12,559,319 B2Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd
- Automated loading and unloading apparatus and transport system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257875 A1Dimension Product Solutions LP
- Traveling vehicle system19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048769 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Conveyor device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035182 A1Nakanishi Metal Works Co., Ltd.
- Carrier of a rail-based transport system, rail-based transport system, controller thereof, control method therein and data carrier25 Dec 2025US 2025/0388242 A1Schneider Electric Industries SAS
- Wheel railway system with auxiliary propulsion system28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269728 A1Nevomo Poland Sp. Z O.O.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drive mechanism143US 4,759,439 ADominion Chain Inc. · 1988
- Driverless vehicle shuttle118US 4,132,174 AS I Handling Systems, Inc. · 1979
- Amusement ride and self-propelled vehicle therefor81US 5,595,121 AThe Walt Disney Company · 1997
- Compact magnetic levitation transportation system61US 5,146,853 A1992
- Watercraft amusement ride59US 6,237,499 B12001